to be going on with

adverb

For now; provisionally; to begin with.

“It's not much but it'll do to be going on with.”

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Meanings

adverbto be going on with (not comparable)
  1. UKnot comparableFor now; provisionally; to begin with.

    It's not much but it'll do to be going on with.

    2 more examples

    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.

    1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter III
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APA

to be going on with. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/to%20be%20going%20on%20with

MLA

“to be going on with.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/to%20be%20going%20on%20with. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “to be going on with,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/to%20be%20going%20on%20with.

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