Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Initiation of action motivated by energy and ambition.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a character trait manifested in a readiness and ability to initiate action; an enterprising and energetic spirit; a go-getting attitude.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
enthusiastic andenergetic drive orambition
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun enterprising or ambitious drive
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Examples
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Researchers began to investigate why: Does this correlation exist because these children have more 'get-up-and-go,' or is there actually something about the arts that changes, increases, and improves cognitive skills?
Ellen Galinsky: Ask the Students: Their Wise Wishes for Improving Education Ellen Galinsky 2011
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In truth, they may have the get-up-and-go traction to battle winter weather, but they cannot stop any better than a car without all-wheel drive.
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Researchers began to investigate why: Does this correlation exist because these children have more 'get-up-and-go,' or is there actually something about the arts that changes, increases, and improves cognitive skills?
Ellen Galinsky: Ask the Students: Their Wise Wishes for Improving Education Ellen Galinsky 2011
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I agree that someone with the get-up-and-go to cross half the planet and then work all night in a pie factory is a lot more use to us than some dole-eating chav. on December 11, 2009 at 12: 59 am Jabadaw
God Help Us. The Pies Are Gone! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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This carbon-free Grand Prix injects ingenuity and sustainability back into the races, starring get-up-and-go “karts” with a little H2O in their tailpipes.
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Researchers began to investigate why: Does this correlation exist because these children have more 'get-up-and-go,' or is there actually something about the arts that changes, increases, and improves cognitive skills?
Ellen Galinsky: Ask the Students: Their Wise Wishes for Improving Education Ellen Galinsky 2011
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Researchers began to investigate why: Does this correlation exist because these children have more 'get-up-and-go,' or is there actually something about the arts that changes, increases, and improves cognitive skills?
Ellen Galinsky: Ask the Students: Their Wise Wishes for Improving Education Ellen Galinsky 2011
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The one thing that changed it for us though, and this was kind of a dealbreaker - we couldn't just do get-up-and-go trips.
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He says "America's get-up-and-go entrepreneurial culture outlived the frontier," even though he represents the kinds of big business/government combines that attacked small businessmen and ranchers on our frontier.
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If you spend about $2.50 daily on your get-up-and-go latte from your fave café, you can save a lot of paper and a lot of bucks (almost the equivalent of a Grover Cleveland) if you just opt for your home brew instead.
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