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When the going gets tough, the tough get going

  1. The way to overcome adversity is to try harder.


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see under get going , def. 2.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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