Going on and Returning

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Returning and going on are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Returning" instead an adjective "Going on".

Returning adjective - Tending to be turned back.

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Going on and returning are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Going on" instead an adjective "Returning".

Nearby Words: return, returned, returnable, returner

The books indicate something not good is going on there in recent years, but quite what is Shrouded in Myth thanks to the clouded memories of the sidhe who have been returning to Earth.

Source: Arcadia
Hyperion: The Consul's tale recalls his grandfather as a young man going on frequent spaceship voyages and returning to a planet many years in the future, having only aged slightly due to relativistic time dilation.

Source: The Slow Path
Both dealt with the Enterprise returning to Earth and the crew going on shore leave to visit their families and friends.

Source: Recycled Script

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