what's going down

Example Sentences

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A huge amount of ink has been spilled on the “what” question: what’s going up, what’s going down, what’s a good stock, what’s not so good.

From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025

I just wanted you to know what’s going down and that’s why I won’t be at the Pac-12 media day.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 19, 2023

The difference between the White House visitor logs and a kale-and-blueberry smoothie: Both are likely to produce some unsavory stuff, but we’d still like to see what’s going down inside the White House.

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2017

Down to what’s going down in the show -- all the first 10 episode titles are anagrams and they figured that out immediately.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2015

The phone rings for what’s got to be the thirtieth time, and I can’t avoid it any more than I can avoid what’s going down sometime today.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera