going strong

Persisting with vigor

Going strong describes something that continues to thrive or perform well despite the passage of time.

Often used for relationships, careers, or endeavors that have lasted longer than expected: They've been married forty years and still going strong.

The phrase emphasizes persistence and vitality rather than mere survival.

Related

robust · firing on all cylinders · kicking · alive and well · enduring · vigorous · holding up · standing tall · alive · growing · full steam ahead · perseverance · burgeoning · prevailing · in full swing · unbroken · durability · built to last

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Opposites
vitality/vigor

going strongfading

Gradual loss of intensity

weakening · declining · waning · flagging · deteriorating

momentum/trajectory

going stronglosing steam

Declining in energy or force

slowing down · stalling · stagnating · grinding to a halt · tapering off

sustainability/continuation

going strongdying

Ceasing to live

finished · over · done for · kaput · dead in the water

Family

strong, gone, strength, going, strengthen, strongly, stronger, goes, strongest

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G