“the going”

The following 3 entries include the term the going.

when the going gets tough

idiom

: when it becomes difficult to continue or to make progress

when the going gets tough, the tough get going

idiom

used to say that when there are problems, strong people work hard to solve them

while the going is good

idiom

: while there is a good opportunity


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