get up and go
Example Sentences
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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
A mood of passively expecting the state to provide rather than a resilient atmosphere of ambitious, get-up-and-go dominates culture.
From BBC • Oct. 9, 2012
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
