get-go
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- noun
- /ˈɡɛtˌɡoʊ/
- Informal
- The team worked hard from the get-go to meet their project deadline.
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Watch on YouTubeThose trials are they're going to be flawed at the get go.
- Those trials are they're going to be flawed at the get go.
- She because she been with me since the get go and that's what wakes me up every single day until now.
- So you now have right on the right off the the get go you have organic potting mix with some type of chemical additive that conserves water.
- He's setting up Lemnitzer for Northwoods from the get go during Mongoose.
- So I was fascinated from the get go by AII was an English major.
- It is heavy from the get go, but let's just get into it.
- Hezbollah, I knew their strategy from the get go because I've studied the past.
- But I remember from almost the get go, I would go away for two days, say don't call me, there are no cell phones, don't call me, you're in charge.
- I knew where that was going when the get go.
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I just said right from the get-go it looked like we could run it.
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I knew something was wrong from the get-go.
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I was a huge fan of his from the get go way before this.
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OK, well, I, I always remember you from the get go of being successful at that point.
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You just small talk from the get go and see what happens after that.
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I want to be really clear from the get go, this is not a script.
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But it was clear from the get go that he was working at the NSA.
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I've been saying it from the get go.
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Assimilate to country life from the get-go and things will be a whole lot easier for you.
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The brilliance of Genovese's kaleidoscopic argument excited me right from the get-go.
Academic text (2014)
Synonyms
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1.0
The first part of something when it starts
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1.0
The time or place when something begins
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3.0
A place, time, or situation that people use as a basis for later action
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3.9
The beginning of something, especially the first part
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3.7
The official start of an event or activity
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3.4
The act of starting a machine, process, or system
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4.7
The act of beginning something such as a project
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4.4
The start of something, for example an event or action
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4.1
The place or time where an event begins
The first moment when a race or event begins
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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.