Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

to be going on with

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.79 in modern English

Syllables: to be -go-ing on with
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

For now; provisionally; to begin with.

British usage

Example Sentences

"It's not much but it'll do to be going on with."
"I can't take on this job right now. I've already got plenty to be going on with."
"[…] while not a super-goof like some of the female goofs I'd met, she was quite goofy enough to be going on with."

Usage

British usage

Questions

What does to be going on with mean?: For now; provisionally; to begin with.

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