gung-ho
wholeheartedly enthusiastic and loyal; eager; zealous: a gung-ho military outfit.
in a successful manner: The business is going gung-ho.
Origin of gung-ho
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How to use gung-ho in a sentence
All 130 employees share a similar vision and all seem very gung ho about their racy products.
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British Dictionary definitions for gung ho
/ (ɡʌŋ həʊ) /
extremely enthusiastic and enterprising, sometimes to excess
extremely keen to participate in military combat
Origin of gung ho
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Cultural definitions for gung-ho
Extremely enthusiastic or zealous: “He was gung-ho about going on a vacation to the beach.”
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Other Idioms and Phrases with gung-ho
Also, gung-ho. Extremely enthusiastic or dedicated, as in She was gung ho about her new job. This expression was introduced in 1942 as a training slogan for a U.S. Marine battalion, derived from what an American officer thought were Mandarin Chinese words for “work together.” It was actually an abbreviation for the name of Chinese industrial cooperatives.
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