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GO-GETTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does go-getter mean?
• GO-GETTER (noun)
The noun GO-GETTER has 1 sense:
1. someone whose career progresses rapidly
Familiarity information: GO-GETTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone whose career progresses rapidly
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
ball of fire; go-getter; whiz-kid; whizz-kid
Hypernyms ("go-getter" is a kind of...):
actor; doer; worker (a person who acts and gets things done)
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