going strong

/ɡˌəʊɪŋ stɹˈɒŋ/

/ɡˌoʊɪŋ stɹˈɔŋ/

[phrase]

going strong

[PHRASE]

to continue to exist and be healthy, successful, or vigorous

Examples

1. A privately owned Blockbuster in Bend, Oregon is the last remaining in the world and still going strong.

2. But then in Mexico and Brazil and South Africa and other countries, it was still going strong.

3. In 1570, construction was going strong on sod houses in Nunalleq, a village in what’s now southwest Alaska.

4. A common misconception is that the goal is to have 0% unemployment, but it turns out there's types of unemployment that'll exist even when the economy's going strong.