GET-UP-AND-GO Synonyms: 99 Similar and Opposite Words

get-up-and-go

noun

ˌget-ˌəp-ᵊn-ˈgō

Definition of get-up-and-go next

as in vigor

active strength of body or mind even after her broken hip healed, Grandma never regained her get-up-and-go

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Recent Examples of get-up-and-go This combination is plenty of power and get-up-and-go for most consumers, a combination that has greatly expanded its consumer demographic. —

Marc D. Grasso, Boston Herald, 14 May 2026 In total, the hybrid system generates 404 horsepower; that’s plenty of get-up-and-go. —

Kristin Shaw, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2026 The longer the dormancy, the more get-up-and-go the gas pedal has. —

Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2026 Thus the coffee gods created a world of more discerning (some might say finicky) coffee connoisseurs, one where people now pay $5, $6 and more for a cup of liquid get-up-and-go. —

James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026 In 2021, Charles, admiring Marchetti’s get-up-and-go, invited him to chair his fashion task force. —

John Seabrook, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025 One of the ironies of the Thatcher era was that a lot of the oppositional counterculture ranged against her could be seen as a kind of ideal application of her own small-business dream: cottage industry get-up-and-go! —

Ian Penman, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025 Ortega will rely on the get-up-and-go that has guided him to this point. —

Dave Melton, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025 For those who like things to be a bit more get-up-and-go, there's the chance to climb aboard a Mini Moke – a small but heavy-duty open-top vehicle – to tour the island. —

Rebekah Evans, The Week Uk, theweek, 21 Feb. 2024

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Missing the gritty vigor of the first two films, Rocky III is more focused on violence than its predecessors and less interested in the witty character work that defined the original.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026
These natural additives improve root systems and overall plant vigor, resulting in a fantastic profusion of blooms.

— Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 2 June 2026