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tough going

ADJECTIVE

strenuous

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arduous demanding exhausting laborious taxing uphill

WEAK

effortful energy-consuming hard herculean mean operose toilful toilsome tough wicked

Antonyms

STRONGEST

easy facile trivial

WEAK

apathetic effortless enervated lethargic unenthusiastic

Example Sentences

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More broadly, Holz said, it’s tough going for healthcare as a sector.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

But the effort to build it up as a ChatGPT alternative has been tough going.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Bristol City have found the WSL very tough going following promotion last season, with just one win from their 13 league matches so far while conceding a league-high 33 goals.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2024

“He switches it up. He’s just unpredictable. It’s tough going against guys like that. But at the end of the day, it makes me prepared for Saturdays.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2023

It was tough going through the saw briers and underbrush.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

tough going

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