go-getter
an enterprising, aggressive person.
Origin of go-getter
1Other words from go-getter
- go-getting, adjective
Words Nearby go-getter
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How to use go-getter in a sentence
The independent and go-getter spirit started young, with the band plastering posters throughout the Windy City.
OK Go Is Helping Redefine the Music Video For the Internet Age | Lauren Schwartzberg | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe is, by all accounts, brilliant; a dashing, urbane go-getter who exudes charm.
This Scary-Smart New Minister of Economy Might Just Turn France Around | Tracy McNicoll | August 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey call him a go-getter in the movie, and he is a go-getter, especially for that part of the country in a depressed situation.
The King of Dramedy: Bob Odenkirk on ‘Nebraska,’ ‘Breaking Bad,’ and ‘Better Call Saul’ | Andrew Romano | November 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAccording to “well-placed sources,” Couric did not appreciate her go-getter attitude.
NBC’s ‘Operation Bambi’: How ‘Today’ Booted Ann Curry Off | Melissa Leon | April 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTTo others, she was a hardheaded go-getter, a haughty social cipher, cadging her way off two continents.
If it was anybody else I'd say it was crazy, but you're such a doggoned hellion of a go-getter mebbe you can put it over.
Oh, You Tex! | William Macleod RaineThat would put him right up in the go-getter class, which is the class I want to see Kay marry into.
The Pride of Palomar | Peter B. KyneI'm sending you there, Harrison, because your record indicates that you're a go-getter.
Monsoons of Death | Gerald VanceApplehead, I may here explain, was an ex-sheriff, and what range men call a "go-getter."
The Heritage of the Sioux | B.M. BowerMr. Golightly was no bookworm, but he knew about Achievements, as what seasoned go-getter did not?
Ladies and Gentlemen | Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
British Dictionary definitions for go-getter
informal an ambitious enterprising person
Derived forms of go-getter
- go-getting, adjective
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