get-up-and-go
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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
The very next Saturday, Camp got some get-up-and-go and went.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
Some Sundays I get up and go to Mass. Other Sundays I sit around reading the papers or head out to the ski slopes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
“They get up and go, they can shoot, they can lasso, they can ride over the horizon and speak up about what they see and they are very strong, outspoken characters.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
“Now you have to deal with it. Accept it, how it is, and, in 24 hours, you have to get up and go for the next game.”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 30, 2023
It’s up to the rest of us to get up and go out.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2023
But she’d always get up and go on again—and keep bawling.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
