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go-getting

go-getting adjective: enterprising, like a go-getter.

Adjective

go-getting (comparative more go-getting, superlative most go-getting)

  1. enterprising, like a go-getter
    • What matters is what is happening now, with worldwide communications, new trains, and go-getting, on-the-ball private enterprise.2019 October, Ian Walmsley, “Cleaning up”, in Modern Railways, page 42

Forms of go-getting

comparativemore go-getting
superlativemost go-getting

Questions about go-getting

What does go-getting mean?
Go-getting means enterprising, like a go-getter.
What part of speech is go-getting?
Go-getting is an adjective.

Words near go-getting in the dictionary

  1. go-fer
  2. go-fers
  3. go-getter
  4. go-getterness
  5. go-getters
  6. go-getting
  7. go-go
  8. go-go boot
  9. go-go boots
  10. go-go dancer
  11. go-go dancers

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