Library / English Dictionary

GET-UP-AND-GO

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Enterprising or ambitious drive

Example:

Europeans often laugh at American energy

Synonyms:

energy; get-up-and-go; push

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("get-up-and-go" is a kind of...):

drive (the trait of being highly motivated)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "get-up-and-go"):

second wind (renewed energy or strength to continue an undertaking)

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