I. go ‧ ing 1 /ˈɡəʊɪŋ $ ˈɡoʊ-/ BrE AmE 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 ↑ coming 1 (2)
II. going 2 BrE AmE 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