get-up-and-go
Example Sentences
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“I didn’t eat. I would sleep maybe an hour a day. And I had to get up and go train.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
Some Sundays I get up and go to Mass. Other Sundays I sit around reading the papers or head out to the ski slopes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
"You don't just get up and go now," she said.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2025
“Now you have to deal with it. Accept it, how it is, and, in 24 hours, you have to get up and go for the next game.”
From Washington Times • Oct. 30, 2023
“Moore, we have to get up and go in the hallway!” he said.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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