can do

Gung-ho about tasks

Can do expresses willingness or ability to accomplish something, typically as an affirmative response to a request: Can you finish by Friday? Can do.

The phrase conveys a confident, cooperative attitude.

As an adjective, can-do describes someone with an optimistic, action-oriented approach: a can-do attitude, a can-do spirit.

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positive · attitude · grit · resourceful · determined · initiative · plucky · hustle · take charge · go getter · scrappy · eager · tenacity · rise to occasion · achiever · driven · proactive · optimistic

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attitude toward challenges

can dodefeatist

One expecting inevitable failure

no can do · pessimistic · fatalistic · hopeless · defeated

agency and initiative

can dohelpless

Unable to act independently

passive · powerless · defeatist · paralyzed · inert

response to difficulty

can dohelpless

Unable to act independently

passive · quitting · defeatism · giving up · learned helplessness

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can, do, cans, canned, canning, does, done, doing, doer

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G