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
"You don't just get up and go now," she said.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2025
L.A. doesn’t stay open as late as Chicago and New York, so usually by midnight I’m home, especially if I have to get up and go to work or if I’m traveling the next morning.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2025
“If I’m sitting at a desk all day managing a team, I can’t get up and go punch a punching bag,” Schwichtenberg said.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2024
I get up and go to the nurses’ station.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
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