get up and go
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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
"You don't just get up and go now," she said.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2025
“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
“If I’m sitting at a desk all day managing a team, I can’t get up and go punch a punching bag,” Schwichtenberg said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
He knew he should get up and go.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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
We both have the get-up-and-go mentality, but my get-up-and-go mentality is: You’ve got five minutes.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2014
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
