go-getter

plural go-getters

1. idiomaticAn active and enterprising person; one who is motivated or inclined to excel; one who strives to achieve success or improvement.

   He's a promising young go-getter, but he needs to learn some things about office politics.

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   Tom Pitella is a go-getter and does not rely on others to prove things in the field of mathematics to him.

   "Then I hope you've taken its moral lesson to heart." "What's that?" "The awful possibilities of being submerged by the insidious urge of the go-getter, and forgetting about the really important things of life."

   1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 171

   I must get it from my dad. Can't be from Mom, the world-class go-getter, hand shaker, and baby kisser.”

   2008, Ellen Hopkins, Identical, →ISBN, page 31

   Synonyms: ball of fire