get-up-and-go
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishget-up-and-goˌget-up-and-ˈgo noun [uncountable] informal DETERMINEDenergy and determination to do things He was the only candidate who had any get-up-and-go.Examples from the Corpusget-up-and-go• She had more get-up-and-go than the other job applicants.• Fred got the job because he seemed to have more get-up-and-go than the other applicants.