be tough going Definition

going
noun

1. Leaving; a departure.

Example: comings and goings of the lodgers
2. horse-racing.
The condition of the track.
3. Progress.

Example: made good going
4. colloq
General situation or conditions.
Example: when the going gets tough
5. The act or practice of making visits, especially regular ones, to specified places.

Example: theatre-going

verb

1. About or intending (to do something).
2. In the habit of visiting specified places.

Example: the cinema-going public

adj

1. Flourishing, successful.

Example: a going concern
Thesaurus: viable, flourishing, thriving, successful, profitable; Antonym: failing, bankrupt.
2. Usual or accepted.

Example: the going rate
3. In existence; currently available.

Example: These are the cheapest ones going

Idiom: be tough going (be hard going)

To be difficult to do.

Idiom: going on something (going on for something)

Approaching (a certain age or period of time).
Example: going on for sixteen

Idiom: going strong

Flourishing; fully operational.