go-getter

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an energetic, enterprising, and ambitious person who acts decisively to achieve success

   The firm promoted her because she was a resourceful go-getter who finished difficult projects.

An American English compound of go + getter, recorded in the early twentieth century. It presents an ambitious person as someone who goes out and gets what they seek.

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