Meaning of go fever | Babel Free

Definitions

An urge to commence a planned journey regardless of the circumstances.

slang, uncountable

Examples

“He had served the Queen in the Marines and a Line regiment, and the "go-fever" being in his bones, had drifted to America, there to serve⟳ Uncle Sam.”

“"You seem to do a great deal⟳ of moving about." "I do," said Jimmy. "I can't keep⟳ still. I've got the go-fever, like⟳ that man in Kipling's book.”

“At last⟳ the go-fever broke out. She had been to London — that promoter of restlessness — to stay⟳ with a girl artist friend and show⟳ her work⟳ to some experts”

“The problem, as many people knew, was that Gus had "go fever": he was itching to fly⟳ this spacecraft.”

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