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Meanings of a-go (a-going) in English

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Usage of a-going in English
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But I must be a-going so as to be the sooner a-coming.
The Road to Providence
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But you all oughter see what is a-going on down the Road.
The Road to Providence
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However, the machine keeps a-going, and many persons think it works beautifully.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 05, March, 1858 / A Magazin...
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We wasn't a-going to kill the goose as laid the golden eggs.
Springhaven: A Tale of the Great War
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This time I was a-going to wait if I'd stayed all night.
The Web of Life
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I'm a-going to put 'em all four in the pot before Wednesday.
The Road to Providence
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Now I'll tell you what I am a-going to do with you.
Doctor Marigold
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I ain't a-going to stay in no country with a hoot-owl, Sam.
Over Paradise Ridge / A Romance
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I'm a-going to kill him with a gun when I get one.
The Road to Providence
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I ain't a-going to trouble myself with it, I can tell yez.
Rilla of Ingleside
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And I ain't a-going to wait for yer, I tell yer straight.
The Fortunate Youth
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Them that come after me may set it a-going again, and welcome.
Tales and Novels — Volume 02 / Popular Tales
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I ain't a-going to tell, and I ain't a-going back there, anyways.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
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Ain't I got as proper a country place as there is a-going?
The Deluge
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He's a cheat, and I am a-going to cut his heart out!
Modern Prose And Poetry; For Secondary Schools / Edited With Not...
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Pete Jones is a-going to bind me out for a hundred years.
The Hoosier Schoolmaster: A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana
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