INITIATIVE
ADJECTIVES
► GO-AHEAD enterprising, having energy and initiative → M19
NOUNS
► DRIVE energy and initiative → c1905 colloq.
► GUMP common sense, mother wit, shrewdness; also, initiative, enterprise, ‘drive’ → 1920
► GUMPTION practical good sense or initiative; shrewdness; courage; enterprise → 1719 colloq., orig. Sc.
► MOXEY► MOXIE ► MOXY energy, initiative; strength, know-how; courage, nerve → 1930 Amer. dial.
► PUSH-AND-GO a being to develop and carry out a scheme energetically; enterprise, initiative; drive, ambition → 1885 orig. US
► SPRAWL initiative; energy → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
PHRASES
► ON ONE’S OWN HOOK on one’s own initiative; by oneself → 1812 colloq.
VERBS
► HUSSLE ► HUSTLE to use initiative to obtain or secure; to live by one’s wits → M19 sl., orig. US
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