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the way things are going

the way things are going phrase: if the current situation does not change, if it continues like this.

Phrase

the way things are going

  1. If the current situation does not change, if it continues like this.
    • Near-synonym: at this rate
    • Christ, you know it ain't easy.
      You know how hard it can be.
      The way things are going·
      They're gonna crucify me.1969, John Lennon, “The Ballad of John and Yoko”, performed by The Beatles
    Synonyms:
    at this rate

Synonyms of the way things are going

Questions about the way things are going

What does the way things are going mean?
The way things are going means if the current situation does not change, if it continues like this.
What part of speech is the way things are going?
The way things are going is a phrase.

Words near the way things are going in the dictionary

  1. the vultures are circling
  2. The Warren
  3. The Wash
  4. the way
  5. the way that
  6. the way things are going
  7. the way to a man's heart is through his stomach
  8. the wheel has come full circle
  9. the wheel turns
  10. the wheels came off
  11. the wheels came off the bus

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