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going strong

going strong is the present participle and gerund of go strong.

Meaning of go strong

Verb

go strong (third-person singular simple present goes strong, present participle going strong, simple past went strong, past participle gone strong)

  1. To do well; to succeed.
    • Merry Peal is a very smart mare[…] and Breba reminds us very much of Mendicant, whose owner bred her. Badly as she was cut up in the Oaks, she was going strong and well in the Vase, when she rolled over.1851, Gayhurst, “Olla Podrida”, in Sporting Magazine, volume 18, page 103

Questions about going strong

What is going strong the present participle and gerund of?
Going strong is the present participle and gerund of go strong.

Words near going strong in the dictionary

  1. going sour
  2. going south
  3. going spare
  4. going steady
  5. going straight
  6. going strong
  7. going the distance
  8. going the entire animal
  9. going the entire swine
  10. going the extra mile
  11. going the route

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