Usually means: Ambitious, proactive pursuit of goals.
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We found 9 dictionaries that define the word go-getting:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. go-getting: Merriam-Webster
  2. go-getting: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. go-getting, go-getting: Collins English Dictionary
  4. go-getting: Wordnik
  5. go-getting: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. go-getting: Wiktionary
  7. go-getting: Dictionary.com
  8. go-getting: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. go-getting: Idioms

(Note: See go-getter as well.)

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Definitions from WordNet (go-getter)

▸ noun:  someone whose career progresses rapidly
▸ Also see go-getter

Similar:
hard-charging, go-aheadative, go-ahead, motivated, emulous, bursting, forward-leaning, active, venturesome, hearty, more...

Opposite:
apathetic, unmotivated, lazy, passive, lethargic

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Similar:
hard-charging, go-aheadative, go-ahead, motivated, emulous, bursting, forward-leaning, active, venturesome, hearty, more...

Opposite:
apathetic, unmotivated, lazy, passive, lethargic



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