going
go‧ing1 /ˈɡəʊɪŋ $ ˈɡoʊ-/ 
noun [uncountable]
1. the difficulty or speed with which something is done
hard/rough/slow etc going
I’m getting the work done, but it’s slow going.
good going/not bad going
We climbed the mountain in three hours, which wasn’t bad going.
2. the act of leaving a place
SYN departure:
His going will be no great loss to the company.
3. heavy going if a book, play etc is heavy going, it is boring and difficult to understand
4. while the going’s good spoken if you suggest doing something while the going’s good, you think it should be done before it becomes difficult or impossible:
Let’s leave while the going’s good.
5. when the going gets tough, the tough get going when the conditions become difficult, strong people begin to do something in a determined way
6. the going British English the condition of the ground, especially for a horse race
⇨ comings and goings at coming1(2)
going2 adjective
1. the going rate/price/salary etc the usual amount you pay or receive as payment for something
the going rate/price/salary etc for
Thirty dollars an hour is the going rate for a math tutor.
2. the biggest/best/nicest etc something going the biggest, best etc of a particular thing:
It’s some of the best beer going.
3. [not before noun] British English informal available:
Are there any jobs going where you work?
4. have a lot going for you to have many advantages and good qualities that will bring success:
Stop being so depressed. You have a lot going for you.
5. a going concern a business which is making a profit and is expected to continue to do so
6. (also -going) used after words such as cinema and theatre to form adjectives that describe people who regularly go to the cinema, theatre etc:
the cinema-going public
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noun [uncountable]1. the difficulty or speed with which something is done
hard/rough/slow etc going
good going/not bad going
2. the act of leaving a place
SYN departure:
3. heavy going if a book, play etc is heavy going, it is boring and difficult to understand
4. while the going’s good spoken if you suggest doing something while the going’s good, you think it should be done before it becomes difficult or impossible:
5. when the going gets tough, the tough get going when the conditions become difficult, strong people begin to do something in a determined way
6. the going British English the condition of the ground, especially for a horse race
⇨ comings and goings at coming1(2)
| II |
adjective1. the going rate/price/salary etc the usual amount you pay or receive as payment for something
the going rate/price/salary etc for
2. the biggest/best/nicest etc something going the biggest, best etc of a particular thing:
3. [not before noun] British English informal available:
4. have a lot going for you to have many advantages and good qualities that will bring success:
5. a going concern a business which is making a profit and is expected to continue to do so
6. (also -going) used after words such as cinema and theatre to form adjectives that describe people who regularly go to the cinema, theatre etc: