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What does the phrase Gung Ho mean?

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It means "extremely enthusiastic" or "eager".

Gung Ho was originally the motto of Carlson's Raiders battalion of the US Marines. They adapted it from the Mandarin Chinese word "gonghe", meaning "work together", which was used as a motto by the Chinese Industrial Cooperative Society

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