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sledding

sledding

3 3.7
Progress toward a goal that is easy or hard
  • noun
  • /ˈslɛdɪŋ/
  • Informal
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  • We want this to be easy sledding.
  • tough sledding
  • rough sledding
  • heavy sledding

Yeah, tough, yeah, yeah, yeah, tough sledding out there for sure.

Examples

  • It was tough sledding for the Bulldogs, who only had 48 yards on the ground and 201 total net yards against Norwalk.

    Blog text (1)

  • After a difficult start, we are finally seeing some easy sledding with our project.

  • Yeah, tough, yeah, yeah, yeah, tough sledding out there for sure.

    Bussin' With The Boys

  • We knew that would be tough sledding, so we let David go and throw the football.

    Blog text (29)

  • But it looks like really rough sledding.

    Justice League (2017)

  • But time and tough sledding have marked her without giving her the privilege of age.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • It is very hard sledding.

    Academic text (2000)

  • It was rough sledding, though, too rough to turn into a habit.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • After setting multiple NFL records, Newton has found the sledding much tougher in the second go-around.

    Blog text (16)

  • It's tough sledding, but these four ideas will help you bridge the gap when you don't have the situational knowledge.

    Blog text (24)

Synonyms

going
vssledding
  • Informal
11 3.3

Progress in an activity, often about how easy or hard it is

is an informal idiom using a sport metaphor to describe progress

Antonyms

rough sledding
  • Informal
1 7.0

A difficult time that is hard to get through

Compounds

rough sledding
  • Informal
1 7.0

A difficult time that is hard to get through

How Easy

breeze
  • Informal
33 2.1
smooth sailing
  • Informal
16 2.7
sledding
  • Informal
3 3.7
tough going
  • Informal
4 5.3
challenge
∞ 3.1

Surface Forms

sledding singular
sleddings plural

Morphology

sledding = sled (semi-transparent) = sled + ing

Formed regularly from the verb 'sled' with -ing; the morphological formation is regular even though the sense is extended.

Etymology

Sledding can also mean progress because sled comes from a word meaning 'to slide' and a sled that moves easily makes going forward simple. That's why 'easy sledding' means something is easy and 'tough sledding' means it is hard to make progress.