go-get, v. meanings, etymology and more

Meaning of go-getting in English energetic, determined to be successful, and able to deal with new or difficult situations easily : He's a go-getting, high-powered business manager.

GO-GETTING translate: 有進取心的，手段強硬的，野心勃勃的. Learn more in the Cambridge English-Chinese traditional Dictionary.

Particularly in American English, go get means 'go and get'. Yeah, I know, it's redundant, but then so is much else in the language.

noun plural go–getters [count] informal : a person who works very hard and who wants very much to succeed She's always been a real go-getter.

adjective informal. ambitious and enterprising. The word go-getting is derived from go-getter, shown below.

Synonyms for GO-GETTING in English: dynamic, high-powered, forward-looking, go-ahead, energetic, progressive, ambitious, pushing, eager, enterprising, … (2)

get something going . Start something, get something into full swing. For example, Once we get production going we'll have no more problems .

Synonyms for GO-GETTING: ambitious, aspiring, hard-driving, energetic, enterprising, pushing, industrious, dynamic; Antonyms of GO-GETTING: disinterested, ...

To behave in the manner of a go-getter; to work hard or ambitiously; to show enterprise or initiative. Also transitive: to acquire by such methods.

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective go-getting. See 'Meaning & use' for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.