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tough going

noun

A difficult situation

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Meanings

noun

idiomaticA difficult situation

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with tough going

going showing growing knowing sewing blowing flowing Boeing foregoing rowing owing glowing mowing overflowing sowing bowing lowing snowing crowing axe throwing

Cite this entry

APA

tough going. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tough%20going

MLA

“tough going.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tough%20going. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tough going,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tough%20going.

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