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 • 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
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
If we had that get-up-and-go on the black-on-black crimes, maybe we could stop some of this.”
From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2015
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 "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
