GET-UP-AND-GO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does get-up-and-go mean? 

• GET-UP-AND-GO (noun)
  The noun GET-UP-AND-GO has 1 sense:

1. enterprising or ambitious drive

  Familiarity information: GET-UP-AND-GO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GET-UP-AND-GO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Enterprising or ambitious drive

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

energy; get-up-and-go; push

Context example:

Europeans often laugh at American energy

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)