get-up-and-go

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get-up-and-go Meaning of "get-up-and-go"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) enterprising or ambitious drive

Synonym(s)

push

Usage(s):

  1. All in all, a buffalo wallowing in mud doesn't exactly portend a get-up-and-go kind of year.
  2. All you need is a portable phone, a plausible angle and some get-up-and-go, and you are all set to enjoy the best of times.
  3. Emerson must be held blameless for the fact that his exaltations on individual get-up-and-go have ended, in the fullness of time, by producing George Steinbrenner.

Quotes

  • "There was no get-up-and-go," Wagner said. "That can't happen."
    on Apr 30, 2008 By: Billy Wagner Source: USA Today

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