going, going, gone

1. [in an auction] close to being sold, almost sold, sold. Going, going, gone. The new owner is the handsome gentleman in the back row.

2. Fig. disappearing and finally gone. The little car is going, going, gone.

going, going, gone

No longer available, as in If you want this last doughnut speak up-going, going, gone! This expression, used by auctioneers to indicate the acceptance of a final bid for an item, is occasionally used more loosely, as in the example. It is beloved by baseball announcers when describing a home run as it approaches and clears the outfield wall. [c. 1800]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Marinda	-	English
Martina	mahr-TEE-nah (Italian, Spanish, Dutch), mahr-TEEN-ə (English)	German, Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Slovene, English, Swedish, Dutch, Ancien
Meta	ME-tah (German)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
London	LUN-dən	English (Modern)
NurettİN	-	Turkish
Franka (2)	-	Croatian