go-getter

[ goh-get-er, -get- ]

noun

, Informal.

1. an enterprising, aggressive person.

go-getter

noun

1. informal.
   an ambitious enterprising person

Derived Forms

• ˈgo-ˌgetting, adjective

Other Words From

• go-getting adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of go-getter¹

1920–25, Americanism; probably from the exhortation Go get 'em!; -er ¹

Example Sentences

The independent and go-getter spirit started young, with the band plastering posters throughout the Windy City.

From The Daily Beast

He is, by all accounts, brilliant; a dashing, urbane go-getter who exudes charm.

From The Daily Beast

They 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.

From The Daily Beast

According to “well-placed sources,” Couric did not appreciate her go-getter attitude.

From The Daily Beast

To others, she was a hardheaded go-getter, a haughty social cipher, cadging her way off two continents.

From The Daily Beast

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.

From Project Gutenberg

That would put him right up in the go-getter class, which is the class I want to see Kay marry into.

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I'm sending you there, Harrison, because your record indicates that you're a go-getter.

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Applehead, I may here explain, was an ex-sheriff, and what range men call a "go-getter."

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Mr. Golightly was no bookworm, but he knew about Achievements, as what seasoned go-getter did not?

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