Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An enterprising person.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a person disposed to initiate action, rather than take instructions; an enterprising person; a person with a strong drive to accomplish useful goals; especially, one whose career progresses rapidly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun idiomatic One who is
motivated orinclined toexcel ; one whostrives to achievesuccess orimprovement .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone whose career progresses rapidly
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Examples
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You thought you married one man -- a smart, ambitious, caring go-getter that you thought you could share a loving and fascinating life with.
Bonnie Fuller: Anthony Weiner's Wife Huma Abedin Should Dump the Jerk! She Deserves Better! Bonnie Fuller 2011
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Anyhow she seems like she was the type of woman who was a go-getter in her day, and who knew what she wanted and how to get it.
She came round the corner…. Will 2009
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She lost almost 100 pounds by herself before she came back and ... to see her and get to know her — she's an amazing go-getter.
VIDEO: Biggest Loser's Ali Sweeney Predicts This Season's Fan Favorites 2011
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You thought you married one man -- a smart, ambitious, caring go-getter that you thought you could share a loving and fascinating life with.
Bonnie Fuller: Anthony Weiner's Wife Huma Abedin Should Dump the Jerk! She Deserves Better! Bonnie Fuller 2011
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Fifteen year-old Zeke is portrayed as a young, independent go-getter.
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Erma is a go-getter who chases every sailor in sight and has them dancing to her tune -- so why is she handed around like a parcel during her one chance to shine on "Buddie?"
Michael Giltz: Theater: Seaworthy "Anything Goes;" Heavenly "Divine Sister" Michael Giltz 2011
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But they sure turned Belit into a spicy rough-n-tumble go-getter, eh?
Archive 2009-03-01 Reis O'Brien 2009
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"Mark is a go-getter," defensive coordinator Perry Fewell said.
This Really Shouldn't Be a Problem Aditi Kinkhabwala 2011
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Erma is a go-getter who chases every sailor in sight and has them dancing to her tune -- so why is she handed around like a parcel during her one chance to shine on "Buddie?"
Michael Giltz: Theater: Seaworthy "Anything Goes;" Heavenly "Divine Sister" Michael Giltz 2011
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The Rachel Dunne/Hollywood actress subplot was kind of stupid and boiled down to her just being a slutty go-getter.
Books in 2009, #18 pabba 2009
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