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go-getter
[ goh-get-er, -get- ]
noun
- an enterprising, aggressive person.
go-getter
noun
- informal.an ambitious enterprising person
Derived Forms
- ˈgo-ˌgetting, adjective
Other Words From
- go-getting adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of go-getter1
Example Sentences
The independent and go-getter spirit started young, with the band plastering posters throughout the Windy City.
He is, by all accounts, brilliant; a dashing, urbane go-getter who exudes charm.
They call him a go-getter in the movie, and he is a go-getter, especially for that part of the country in a depressed situation.
According to “well-placed sources,” Couric did not appreciate her go-getter attitude.
To others, she was a hardheaded go-getter, a haughty social cipher, cadging her way off two continents.
If it was anybody else I'd say it was crazy, but you're such a doggoned hellion of a go-getter mebbe you can put it over.
That would put him right up in the go-getter class, which is the class I want to see Kay marry into.
I'm sending you there, Harrison, because your record indicates that you're a go-getter.
Applehead, I may here explain, was an ex-sheriff, and what range men call a "go-getter."
Mr. Golightly was no bookworm, but he knew about Achievements, as what seasoned go-getter did not?
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