get-up-and-go
Example Sentences
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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
I just wanted to get up and go, “No, I’m here!”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2025
"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
As soon as I hear him say, “Well, hello, Suesetta,” I get up and go into the kitchen.
From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson
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