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get-up-and-go
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun get-up-and-go has 1 sense
- get-up-and-go(n = noun.attribute) energy, push - enterprising or ambitious drive; "Europeans often laugh at American energy" is a kind of drive
has particulars: second wind
CIDE DICTIONARY
get-up-and-go, n.
a character trait manifested in a readiness and ability to initiate action; an enterprising and energetic spirit; a go-getting attitude. [PJC]
THESAURUS
get-up-and-go
adventuresomeness, adventurousness, aggression, aggressiveness, ambitiousness, bang, dash, drive, dynamism, enterprise, enterprisingness, fire, force, forcefulness, get-up-and-get, getup, ginger, go, go-ahead, go-getting, go-to-itiveness, gumption, hustle, initiative, kick, pep, pepper, piss and vinegar, pizzazz, poop, punch, push, pushfulness, pushiness, pushingness, snap, spirit, spunk, starch, thrust, up-and-comingness, venturesomeness, venturousness, verve, vim, zing, zip
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