get up and go
Example Sentences
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I'm only 33 and I was a get-up-and-go person.
From BBC
How did a country once known for our get-up-and-go come to shrug off mass death, particularly when other countries’ records suggest many U.S. covid-19 deaths were preventable?
From Washington Post
When she wasn’t fussing about him seeming glad to bring home the bent cans and weevily rice and flour we couldn’t sell at the store, she was complaining about his not having any get-up-and-go.
From Literature
Engineering students, graphic designers and gamers might need a little more get-up-and-go in their laptops, like more RAM, faster processing or improved graphics capability.
From Seattle Times
This stands to reason - the most skilled are the most likely to have the get-up-and-go to move countries - and that's been seen in economic migration the world over.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.