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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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But defeat against Manchester United on Monday cemented Everton's status as the latest Premier League team to find the transition to a new stadium tough going.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Some of the passages in this illuminating and essential work are tough going.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2025

Ronel Blanco has certainly filled in nicely, throwing a no-hitter April 1, but it’s been tough going otherwise.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2024

It was tough going and my pups started whimpering.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls