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heavy going

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heavy going
difficult to do, understand, or make progress with. Jim finds math heavy going. Talking to Mary is heavy going. She has nothing interesting to say.
See also: going, heavy


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A three-time winner on decent ground - which she also raced on at Newmarket when beating all bar Ghanaati in the Guineas this month - Cuis Ghaire disappointed on heavy going in the Ballygallon Stud Debutante Stakes at Leopardstown in August when beating only one home in the nine-runner Group 2 won by today's rival Again, although it was reported she finished distressed.
Dave Tainton, PPDG's area operations director who took part in the fundraiser, said: "The walk was said to be between four and five miles and the vast majority of that distance took place in a field and there was a deluge of rain the night before, which certainly made it heavy going.
WALKERS and runners braved heavy going underfoot to complete a 40- mile challenge around Coventry.
 
 
 
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