WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH GET GOING Definition & Meaning

When the going gets tough, the tough get going

The way to overcome adversity is to try harder.

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Idioms and Phrases

see under get going , def. 2.

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He just gets down, you know, when the going gets tough, the tough get going and that's what he is.

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I’ll quote a favorite cliche: “When the going gets tough, the tough get going.”

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Citing the old adage that when the going gets tough, the tough get going, she said Knuth “never stopped making the world a better place.”

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“When we were growing up, the motto was, ‘When the going gets tough, the tough get going.'”

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Beginning with “Caribbean Queen” in 1984, he topped music charts for years, earning a Grammy, and had hits like “When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going,” “Loverboy,” “Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car” and “Suddenly.”

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