get-up-and-go
- n enterprising or ambitious drive
- But it shows that to an increasing degree, California's fabled magnetism is reversing itself, repelling as well as attracting many of the get-up-and-go Americans who have flocked .
- 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.
- All in all, a buffalo wallowing in mud doesn't exactly portend a get-up-and-go kind of year.