GOINGS-ON


Meaning of GOINGS-ON in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

strange

There were all these strange chants and goings-on .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

According to Gwen, there had been some very strange goings-on in the upstairs apartment.

I could hardly believe it when he told me about the goings-on in his office.

Kennedy was shocked at some of the goings-on at the school.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

But what could a kid know about such goings-on as were chronicled in the pages she had read?

Moreover, Eleanor's references to Freddie's goings-on , however much Liza suspected there might have been plenty, upset her.

None of these goings-on has done anything to calm the Polynesians.

The book is set in a fictitious village called Paradise, and is full of sexy rural romping and illicit goings-on .

The spooky goings-on happened when night watchman James Durham spotted a man with a heavy overcoat walking his black retriever.

There were all these strange chants and goings-on .

Word is she and McDermott exchanged pleasantries and greetings and watched the goings-on .

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