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get-go

get-go

61 6.9
The very start of an activity or project
  • noun
  • /ˈɡɛtˌɡoʊ/
  • Informal
translation icon : principio
  • The team worked hard from the get-go to meet their project deadline.

Those trials are they're going to be flawed at the get go.

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Examples

  • I just said right from the get-go it looked like we could run it.

    Blog text (3)
  • I knew something was wrong from the get-go.

  • I was a huge fan of his from the get go way before this.

  • OK, well, I, I always remember you from the get go of being successful at that point.

  • You just small talk from the get go and see what happens after that.

  • I want to be really clear from the get go, this is not a script.

  • But it was clear from the get go that he was working at the NSA.

  • I've been saying it from the get go.

  • Assimilate to country life from the get-go and things will be a whole lot easier for you.

    Blog text (9)
  • The brilliance of Genovese's kaleidoscopic argument excited me right from the get-go.

    Academic text (2014)

Synonyms

beginning
vsget-go
1.0

The first part of something when it starts

is the very initial moment rather than a broader first phase
start
vsget-go
1.0

The time or place when something begins

is the very first instant of an activity rather than a general point
starting point
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69 3.0

A place, time, or situation that people use as a basis for later action

is the original moment itself rather than the chosen place or basis
outset
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64 3.9

The beginning of something, especially the first part

is the immediate initial instant rather than the early period
kickoff
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37 3.7

The official start of an event or activity

is the raw first instant rather than an organised or ceremonial launch
startup
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22 3.4

The act of starting a machine, process, or system

is the simple first moment rather than the act of turning something on
initiation
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15 4.7

The act of beginning something such as a project

is the simple first instant rather than the procedural act of starting
commencement
vsget-go
10 4.4

The start of something, for example an event or action

is more informal and focuses on the very first instant
jump-off
vsget-go
  • US
4 4.1

The place or time where an event begins

is the single earliest moment rather than the whole getting under way
start-off
vsget-go
3.2

The first moment when a race or event begins

is focused on the instant at the very outset rather than the marking event

Antonyms

end
1.0

The final part of something, like an event or story

How Early

get-go
  • Informal
61 6.9
prelude
25 5.9
to lead up
89 4.0

Surface Forms

get-go singular
get-gos plural

Morphology

get-go = get + go (opaque) = get + go

Although formed from 'get' + 'go', the idiomatic meaning 'the beginning' is not directly inferable from the component verbs.

Etymology

The word get-go comes from the simple words get and go, and it pictures the moment you 'get going' or the 'start' of something. A helpful way to remember it is to think of when you 'get' moving and 'go', which is why get-go means the very beginning.