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go-getter en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic) An active and enterprising person; one who is motivated or inclined to excel; one who strives to achieve success or improvement.
   • "Then I hope you've taken its moral lesson to heart." "What's that?" "The awful possibilities of being submerged by the insidious urge of the go-getter, and forgetting about the really important things of life." 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 171:
   • He's a promising young go-getter, but he needs to learn some things about office politics.
   • Tom Pitella is a go-getter and does not rely on others to prove things in the field of mathematics to him.
   • I must get it from my dad. Can't be from Mom, the world-class go-getter, hand shaker, and baby kisser.” 2008, Ellen Hopkins, Identical, →ISBN, page 31:

Forms

Deriveds

go-getterness

Synonyms

ball of fire

Translations (18)

es buscavida (one who is motivated or inclined to excel) · da stræber (one who is motivated or inclined to excel) · fr fonceur (one who is motivated or inclined to excel) · fr fonceuse (one who is motivated or inclined to excel) · ka მიმღწევი (one who is motivated or inclined to excel) · es vivón (one who is motivated or inclined to excel) · el καταφερτζής (one who is motivated or inclined to excel) · es esprín / mosca / vivo / buzo (one who is motivated or inclined to excel) · es busquilla (one who is motivated or inclined to excel) · es buscavidas (one who is motivated or inclined to excel) · es arribista (one who is motivated or inclined to excel) · es busquillo (one who is motivated or inclined to excel) · ka მშოვნელი (one who is motivated or inclined to excel) · pl przebojowa osoba (one who is motivated or inclined to excel) · nl doorzetter (one who is motivated or inclined to excel) · cs podnikavec (one who is motivated or inclined to excel) · fi tarmokas (one who is motivated or inclined to excel) · de Draufgänger (one who is motivated or inclined to excel)