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Meanings of go-getter in English

Catalan
ambiciós
Spanish
emprendedor

Someone whose career progresses rapidly.

ambiciós
Synonyms
Examples for "whizz-kid"
Examples for "whizz-kid"
1
He was a mathematics whizz-kid and destined for Harvard and great things.
The Guardian
2
My brother was a bit of a whizz-kid at the piano.
The Irish Times
3
Dr Sato the programming whizz-kid, first into the office and last to leave every day.
Another life
4
You're supposed to be the Organization's technical whizz-kid.
The Naked God
5
A COMPUTER whizz-kid from Cork has become one of the world's youngest app developers with a best-selling game based on pizza slices and salami.
The Irish Times
1
Now, this whiz-kid has plans to revolutionise the education system, integrating electronics into everyday classes.
BBC
2
His first imported whiz-kid told him UC was deliverable.
The Guardian
3
Aaron Swartz was a tech whiz-kid and political activist devoted to a free and open internet.
The Guardian
4
Its founder and CEO Jeffrey Bezos is a computer whiz-kid from Bankers Trust, not a bookseller.
Wired
5
Says you're real smart and everything, can do math in your head like some kinda whiz-kid computer.
The life you've imagined
1
Over the roof and the smokestacks floated the yellowish-red ball of fire.
The Whispering Spheres
2
A coppery moon hung like a ball of fire in the sky.
The Shadow of the East
3
I land on the ground and walk though a ball of fire.
I am number four
4
Down, way down, there was a ball of fire in the sky.
Strata
5
It is clearer than some samples, but obviously no ball of fire.
The Tyranny Of Words
Usage of go-getter in English
1
Laverne Cox is sure proof that you can't keep a go-getter down.
Ebony
2
It's difficult for Coney to pinpoint exactly what made him such a go-getter.
BBC
3
Are you a go-getter student on the path to a career in the media?
The South African
4
But the other was what Starr called a sure-enough go-getter.
Starr, of the Desert
5
And for this go-getter, things have certainly paid off.
Ebony
6
Some go-getter salesman comes down here in the '50s.
A visible darkness
7
Morrison will play a struggling musician, Hahn a pregnant go-getter, and Alexander everybody's drinking buddy.
Reuters
8
A senior adviser gains a go-getter who brings in new clients and a built-in succession plan.
Reuters
9
These complaints are common among busy, go-getter professionals.
BBC
10
I'm just not the go-getter type of human.
Immortality Inc.
11
Bunny thinks his dad looks like a real go-getter, with his sample case and his suit.
The death of bunny munro: a novel
12
You're the darndest go-getter ever I did see.
Gunsight Pass: How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a ...
13
A survivor, a go-getter, feisty and determined.
Love is the best medicine: what two dogs taught one veterinarian...
14
He's some go-getter boy, Jack Roberts is.
Oh, You Tex!
15
Robert, married to a 45-year-old white teacher, is an entrepreneurial go-getter impatient with the claims of the past.
The Guardian
16
I feel I'm a go-getter.
Chump change: a novel
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