get-up-and-go

noun

enterprising or ambitious drive

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Europeans often laugh at American energy

• Syn: ↑energy, ↑push

• Derivationally related forms: ↑pushy (for: ↑push), ↑push (for: ↑push), ↑energetic (for: ↑energy), ↑energize (for: ↑energy)

• Hypernyms: ↑drive

• Hyponyms: ↑second wind

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▶ noun (informal) DRIVE, initiative, enterprise, enthusiasm, eagerness, ambition, motivation, dynamism, energy, gusto, vigour, vitality, verve, fire, fervour, zeal, commitment, spirit; informal gumption, oomph, vim, pep.

Opposites

apathy.

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noun

see getup 3

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/get"up'euhn goh"/, n.

energy, drive, and enthusiasm.

[1905-10]

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getˈ-up-and-goˈ noun (informal)

Energy

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Main Entry: ↑get

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get-up-and-go UK US noun [uncountable] informal

energy and enthusiasm

Thesaurus: feelings of energy and enthusiasm_synonym

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get-up-and-go «GEHT _UHP uhn GOH», noun, adjective. Informal.

–n.

energy and readiness; initiative; spunk: »

Guys love it…for its road-ability and get-up-and-go! (New Yorker).

–adj.

full of spunk; enterprising; bold and dynamic: »

get-up-and-go salesmanship.

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informal energy, enthusiasm, and initiative

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/ˌgɛtˌʌpn̩ˈgoʊ/ noun [noncount]

informal : energy and enthusiasm

full of get-up-and-go

I'm not as young as I used to be, but I still have plenty of get-up-and-go.

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ˌget-up-and-ˈgo [get-up-and-go] noun uncountable (informal)

energy and determination to get things done