on the go

1. 1.

   (of a person) very busy and active

   “is always on the go”

   Similaractive

Questions about on the go

What does on the go mean?

on the go means "(of a person) very busy and active".

Is on the go a common word?

on the go is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.