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get-up-and-go

[get-uhp-uhn-goh]
–noun
energy, drive, and enthusiasm.

Origin:
1905–10
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get-up-and-go   (gět'ŭp'ən-gō')
n.   Informal
Initiation of action motivated by energy and ambition.
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