have a thing going on
English
[edit]Verb
[edit]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.
- 1972, Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, and Cary Gilbert, Me and Mrs. Jones, performed by Billy Paul, Philadelphia International Records:
- Me and Mrs. Jones / we got a thing goin on / we both know that it's wrong / but it's much too strong / to let it go now
Usage notes
[edit]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.