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English
Verb
have a thing going on (third-person singular simple present has a thing going on, present participle having a thing going on, simple past and past participle had a thing going on)
- (informal) To be in a casual or illicit romantic relationship.
- Synonym: have a thing
Brad and Mary have a thing going on.
They’ve got a thing goin on.
They had a thing going on, but it's over now.
Usage notes
The relation of have to have got governs as usual; thus, we've got a thing going on or (dialectally) we got a thing goin on are alloforms.