"have-a-go hero" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: have-a-go heroes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|es|head=have-a-go hero}} have-a-go hero (plural have-a-go heroes)
  1. (British, informal) An ordinary member of the public who intervenes, often at personal risk, to stop a troublemaker, hooligan or ne'er-do-well in the act of committing a crime. Tags: British, informal

Inflected forms

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