be up and about

Recently, the more Seussian-sounding notion of the “hurkle-durkle,” a 19th-century Scottish term for lingering in bed when one should be up and about, has risen in popularity.

Yana, like children everywhere, is eager to be up and about.

To shield her son from her pain and exhaustion, Ms. Pelletier, now no longer in active treatment, shifted her chemotherapy schedule so she would be up and about when he came home.

Charles was said to be “up and about” and in good spirits at Birkhall, his 53,000-acre Highland estate in Scotland.

"I've always been a go-getter, I've always wanted to be up and about, doing things."