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go-getter

[goh-get-er, -get-]

noun

Informal.
  1. an enterprising, aggressive person.



go-getter

noun

  1. informalan ambitious enterprising person

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • go-getting adjective
  • ˈ-ˌٳپԲ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of go-getter1

1920–25, probably from the exhortation Go get 'em!; -er 1
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A brash go-getter, Sean Combs became an overnight millionaire when he launched Bad Boy Records in 1993 with a roster of top artists.

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He was a go-getter, a ball of energy, and he knew virtually nothing about pop culture.

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They suggested that the country’s legendary work ethic and go-getter spirit might be a form of mental illness that they called “Americanitis.”

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Phineas Banning, “the father of the port,” was one of those go-getter Yankees who saw L.A. as a blank slate for the making and the taking.

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A go-getter committed to a city where her family has lived for five generations.

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