while the going is good

while the going is good

While the circumstances are advantageous; while it is easy. There's no traffic right now, so if you're driving, you should get going while the going is good.

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while the going is good

If you do something while the going is good, you do it while things are going well and you still have the opportunity. People are leaving in their thousands while the going is good. Further spending cuts now, while the going is good, would reduce the debt even more.

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while the going is good

while conditions are favourable.

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while the ˌgoing is ˈgood

(British English) (American English while the ˌgetting is ˈgood) before a situation changes and it is no longer possible to do something: He thinks the company is going to go bankrupt soon, so he’s getting out while the going is good. ♢ Don’t you think we should quit while the going is good?

See also: going, good, while