going

1 noun (U)

1 LEAVING the act of leaving a place: His going will be no great loss to the company.

2 SPEED the speed at which you travel or work: We climbed the mountain in three hours, which wasn't bad going. | hard/rough/slow going: I'm getting the work done, but it's slow going.

3 heavy going if a book, play etc is heavy going, it is boring and difficult to understand

4 while the going's good especially BrE before someone stops you from doing what you want: Let's get out while the going's good.

5 GROUND the condition of the ground, especially for a horse race

—see also: comings and goings coming 1 (2) 2 adjective

1 (not before noun) informal available: Are there any jobs going where you work?

2 the biggest/best/nicest ... going the biggest, best etc of a particular thing: Jim's the biggest fool going.

3 the going rate the usual cost of a service or job: -15 per hour is the going rate for tuition.

4 have a lot going for you/not have much going for you to have or not 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