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what goes on

what goes on is the dated form of what's going on.

Meaning of what's going on

Interjection

(idiomatic, informal)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) An informal greeting.
  2. (idiomatic, informal) An expression of concern, asking for an explanation.

Questions about what goes on

What is what goes on the dated form of?
What goes on is the dated form of what's going on.

Words near what goes on in the dictionary

  1. what fors
  2. what gives
  3. what go round come round
  4. what goes
  5. what goes around comes around
  6. what goes on
  7. what goes round comes round
  8. what goes up must come down
  9. what good is
  10. what happens in Las Vegas stays in Las Vegas
  11. what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: what goes on (page history and authors); what's going on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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