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while the going is good

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while the going is good

  (informal)

if you do something while the going is good, you do it while it is still easy to do If you are unsure about marrying him, get out now while the going is good.

See be going begging, be going spare, have a lot going for, like it's going out of fashion, be going great guns

See also: going, good