when the going gets tough

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1. when the going gets tough (the tough get going)

   when conditions or progress become difficult (strong and determined people work even harder to succeed)

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• - Fuck you! - Piss off when the going gets tough.Sid and Nancy1986
• No, no, when the going gets tough, you get going right for the exit.The House with a Clock in Its Walls2018

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• while the going is good
• comings and goings
• heavy going
• a going concern
• the going rate
• anything goes
• as people, things, go
• be going on
• be going to do
• don't go doing
• enough to be going on with
• go all out for

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