How to Use get-up-and-go in a Sentence

get-up-and-go

noun
  • The longer the dormancy, the more get-up-and-go the gas pedal has.
    — Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Approaching life with positive expectations, a get-up-and-go attitude, and eagerness is related to many good things in life.
    — Joan M. Cook, Time, 17 Oct. 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
  • 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
  • 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

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