Almost and Going on

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Almost adverb - Very close to but not completely.

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Going on and almost are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Going on" instead an adverb "Almost".

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Almost and going on are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Almost" instead an adverb "Going on".

There's also a great scene added to Persona 3: FES where all the girls you are dating at school almost figure out what's going on and almost corner him while setting up for the school festival.

Source: Your Cheating Heart
One or more of them is almost always killed and the manor is almost always cut off from the rest of the world for at least a night, and Conan has to figure out what's going on.

Source: Busman's Holiday
Besides being almost certainly the literal truth, this is a pretty straightforward metaphor for what is going on in his head.

Source: Wardrobe Flaw of Characterization

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Going on and Almost. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/almost/going_on

Almost & Going on. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/almost/going_on>.

Going on or Almost. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/almost/going_on.

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