going steady

Almost always — in nearly every show, in nearly every movie ranging from serious to comedic — the stillness of death is signaled with the beep of an EKG going steady and its line going flat.

"I mean, we were only kids. We were like 13. We were going steady when we started to see each other – that was a big deal then, you know?"

Later, authorities said they were expecting “intermittent precipitation” on the fire starting in the evening and going steady after midnight.

On the second day of classes she met Billy Richardson, tall and handsome in the Clark Kent vein, and by the end of the month they were going steady.

A: Are you, like, going steady with your wife, or do I have a shot?