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Noun
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Etymology
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From horse racing.
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heavy
going
(
uncountable
)
(
of horse racing
)
Going
(i.e. conditions) that are wet and muddy
(
difficult to gallop on
)
(
idiomatic
)
Something that is
boring
; difficult to make progress on
,
or
tedious
That report is
heavy going
.
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