go-getting in English

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      "form": "more go-getting",
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          "ref": "2019 October, Ian Walmsley, “Cleaning up”, in Modern Railways, page 42:",
          "text": "What matters is what is happening now, with worldwide communications, new trains, and go-getting, on-the-ball private enterprise.",
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        "enterprising, like a go-getter"
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          "go-getter"
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  "word": "go-getting"
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      "form": "more go-getting",
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"go-getting" meaning in English

Adjective