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go fever

go fever noun: an urge to commence a planned journey regardless of the circumstances.

Noun

go fever (uncountable)

  1. (slang) An urge to commence a planned journey regardless of the circumstances.
    • He had served the Queen in the Marines and a Line regiment, and the "go-fever" being in his bones, had drifted to America, there to serve Uncle Sam.1900, Rudyard Kipling, From Sea to Sea, page 214
    • "You seem to do a great deal of moving about." "I do," said Jimmy. "I can't keep still. I've got the go-fever, like that man in Kipling's book.1910, P. G. Wodehouse, The Intrusion of Jimmy

Questions about go fever

What does go fever mean?
Go fever means an urge to commence a planned journey regardless of the circumstances.
What part of speech is go fever?
Go fever is a noun.

Words near go fever in the dictionary

  1. go fast
  2. go faster stripe
  3. go faster stripes
  4. go fasts
  5. go fetal
  6. go fever
  7. go fig
  8. go figure
  9. go fish
  10. go five-hole
  11. go fly a kite

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