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On The Go

Definition: On The Go

On The Go

Adjective

1. (of a person) very busy and active; "is always on the go".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Synonym: On The Go

Synonym: on the go(p) (adj). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: On The Go

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Gloves On the Go Go (1967)

On the Go (1925)

Doctor on the Go (1975)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: On The Go

DomainTitle

Books

  • Things on the Go! (My First Backseat Books) (reference)

  • Lickety-Split Meals for Health Conscious People on the Go!: For Health Conscious People on the Go (reference)

  • Vogue Knitting Mittens and Gloves (Vogue Knitting on the Go) (reference)

  • Ultimate Mandarin Chinese: Basic-Intermediate: Learn at Home and on the Go (Living Language Ultimate. Basic-Intermediate Series (Manual & Cassettes) (reference)

  • Now I'm Reading: On the Go!-Level 3 New Sounds and Blends (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Pilates On The Go (No mat or accessories included) (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expressions: On The Go

Expressions using "on the go": be on the go be on the go all day. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: On The Go

Language Translations for "on the go"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

i gatshëm për punë. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏فعال للغاية. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

в движение (on the gad), заето (the line is busy). (various references)

   

Czech

  

být celý den v jednom kole (be on the go all day). (various references)

   

French

  

très efficace. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

פעיל ביותר. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

gályázás (bugger), útközben (along the way, by the way, en route, in transit, on the run, on the way, under way). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

東"西走 (be on the move, bestirring oneself, busy oneself about, taking an active interest). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

とうほ"せいそう (be on the move, bestirring oneself, busy oneself about, taking an active interest). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

onay ethay ogay.(various references)

   

Romanian

  

fi în mişcare (be on the go, be on the move, work). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

в работе (on the job). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

u pokretu (afoot, go: on the go). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

muy activo. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

i farten (about). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

hareket halinde (astir, in motion, on the move, on the wing), faal (active, busy, energetic, full of action, operative, rousing, spry, strenuous, up and doing). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

що знаходиться на ходу. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: On The Go

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-g-h-n-o-o-t"

-1 letter: gentoo.

-2 letters: thegn, thong.

-3 letters: gent, gone, goon, hent, hone, hong, hoot, note, onto, then, tone, tong, toon.

-4 letters: ego, eng, eon, eth, gen, get, goo, got, hen, het, hoe, hog, hon, hot, net, nog, noh, noo, not, nth, oho, one, ooh, oot, teg, ten, the, tho, toe, tog, ton, too.

-5 letters: eh, en, et.

 Words containing the letters "e-g-h-n-o-o-t"
 

+1 letter: theogony.

 

+2 letters: ethnology, halogeton, nonghetto, theogonic.

 

+3 letters: besoothing, ethnologic, halogetons, heterogony, homogenate, outechoing, photogenic, reshooting, technology, theogonies, theologian.

 

+4 letters: anthologies, anthologize, besmoothing, ethnologies, ethnologist, heterogonic, homeporting, homogenates, homogeneity, moonlighted, moonlighter, outhomering, resmoothing, smoothening, technologic, theologians.

 

+5 letters: anthologized, anthologizer, anthologizes, cohostessing, ethnological, ethnologists, halogenation, hematogenous, heterogenous, heterogonies, interborough, moonlighters, nephrologist, orthogeneses, orthogenesis, orthogenetic, overshooting, overthrowing, photoengrave, photomontage, photosetting, phrenologist, snaggletooth, soothingness, technologies, technologist, technologize, theologising, theologizing, thoroughness.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Expressions
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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