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get-up-and-go in British Englishnoun informal energy, drive, or ambition get-up-and-go in American English (ˈɡetˌʌpənˈɡou) nounenergy, drive, and enthusiasm Word origin [1905–10 ]This word is first recorded in the period 1905–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: airway, jazz, revolving door, scrounge, thiamineExamples of 'get-up-and-go' in a sentenceget-up-and-go I said,'Renée used to say I didn't have enough get-up-and-go.Travelling can show you have some get-up-and-go.More full of energy and get-up-and-go.I always had that get-up-and-go.The cigar was similar, so was the get-up-and-go attitude.Candidates have to demonstrate get-up-and-go to impress him.Yet despite his get-up-and-go, his movement is impaired.So where does she get all her get-up-and-go from?So the dynamic ones with get-up-and-go, the changemakers, tend to get out. Synonyms of 'get-up-and-go'energy, drive, spirit, life More Synonyms of get-up-and-go |