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go-getting

[goh-get-er, -get-]

go-get·ter

[goh-get-er, -get-]
noun Informal.
an enterprising, aggressive person.

Origin:
1920–25, Americanism; probably from the exhortation Go get 'em!; see -er1

go-get·ting, adjective
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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go-getter
 
n
informal an ambitious enterprising person
 
'go-getting
 
adj

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go-getter definition


  1. n.
    an energetic person. : Willy is a real go-getter. He'll go places.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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