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Idioms and Phrases
About to, will, as in I'm going to start planting now , or Do you think it's going to rain? or We thought the train was going to stop here . This phrase is used with a verb ( start, rain, stop in the examples) to show the future tense. Occasionally the verb is omitted because it is understood. For example, That wood hasn't dried out yet but it's going to soon , or Will you set the table?—Yes, I'm going to . [1400s] Also see go to .Example Sentences
"President Trump's not going to fall into the trap of endless negotiations about negotiations," said US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Everyone knew that President Trump was going to pull the trigger on his big tariff policy on Wednesday, but he actually dropped a nuclear bomb.
“Nobody knows the impact of these tariffs. We're just going to have to wait and see.”
He said going to a record store was "a nice pastime".
"That maple syrup is going to become more expensive. And that's a direct price increase that households will face," said Thomas Sampson from the London School of Economics.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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