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hardest going

hardest going is the superlative form of hard going.

Meaning of hard going

Adjective

hard going (comparative harder going, superlative hardest going)

  1. (especially) Difficult to understand and enjoy.
    • THE CONCISE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF WORLD RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES. Edited by P. Ransome-Wallis. Hutchinson. 50s. […] Its only noticeable defect is inconsistency in presentation and loose editing, which make its use harder going for the amateur than need be.1960 January, “New reading on railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 26
  2. Difficult and requiring a lot of effort.

Questions about hardest going

What is hardest going the superlative form of?
Hardest going is the superlative form of hard going.

Words near hardest going in the dictionary

  1. Harderian glands
  2. harders
  3. Harderses
  4. Harderwijk
  5. hardest
  6. hardest going
  7. hardest hit
  8. hardest left
  9. hardest nut to crack
  10. hardest nuts to crack
  11. hardest put

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