can-do

[ kan-doo ]
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adjectiveInformal.
  1. marked by purposefulness and efficiency: a can-do executive.

noun
  1. the quality of being efficient and enthusiastic.

Origin of can-do

1
First recorded in 1900–05

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How to use can-do in a sentence

  • A tug, the Gando, immediately re-named the can-do, brought out our lighters of coal.

    The Bonadventure | Edmund Blunden
  • America does not want a serving class with a “king-can-do-no-wrong” attitude toward the public.

British Dictionary definitions for can-do

can-do

adjective
  1. confident and resourceful in the face of challenges: a can-do attitude

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