get-up-and-go
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of get-up-and-go
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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I'm only 33 and I was a get-up-and-go person.
From BBC • Nov. 9, 2020
In a 2010 interview with The Times, Miller suggested he would be pleased if that get-up-and-go mantra stood as his legacy.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2018
The get-up-and-go concept is a perfect expression of what En Marche! is trying to be.
From The Guardian • Mar. 26, 2017
We are a run-and-gun, get-up-and-go kind of people who for too long have felt the responsible institutions of society are trying to put us flat on our backs.
From US News • May 4, 2016
I was baffled, initially, by what seemed like a certain lack of get-up-and-go on the part of my fellow workers.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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