get up and go
Energetic forward momentum
Get up and go is energy, initiative, or ambition—the drive that propels someone into action: She's got real get up and go, I used to have more get up and go, but lately I just want to stay home.
The phrase captures the literal sequence of rising and moving as a metaphor for vitality and motivation.
- staminaCapacity for sustained effort
- vim and vigorEnthusiastic energetic spirit
- enterpriseCommercial undertaking or initiative
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- pepLively vigor
vigor · grit · liveliness · up and at 'em · determination · fire in the belly · fortitude · fighting spirit · dynamism · spunk · oomph · can-do attitude · enthusiasm · spirit · vitality · moxie · hustle · go for it
- motor testsbalance test, reflex test, dynamic balance, finger to nose, heel to toe
get up and golaziness
Unwillingness to exert oneself
lethargy · apathy · inertia · sluggishness · listlessness
get up and godo-nothingism
Ideology of inaction
idleness · inactivity · stagnation · vegetating · sitting around
get up and goapathy
Absence of feeling
complacency · aimlessness · passivity · lack of ambition · defeatism