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from the get-go

from the get-go

52 6.6
Right from the very start
  • idiom
  • Informal
translation icon : desde el principio
  • I knew something was wrong from the get-go.
  • right from the get-go
  • knew from the get-go
  • told from the get-go

He's setting up Lemnitzer for Northwoods from the get go during Mongoose.

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Examples

  • So don't feel like you have to buy all this fancy equipment from the get go to get started.

  • It's good to be honest from the get-go.

    Head Over Heels (2001)

  • 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.

  • That was like totally clear to me from the get go that those would be added on.

  • 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.

  • But I think having the audience on board from the get go will help with the pacing of the video as it continues.

  • I told you this was a bad idea from the get-go.

    Accepted (2006)

  • I knew I wanted to be a doctor from the get-go when I was a child.

Synonyms

at first
vsfrom the get-go
984 1.0

In the beginning before things change

marks the immediate start without implying later change
to begin with
vsfrom the get-go
274 2.3

At the start before anything else happens

emphasizes the same initial time but can also list points
in the beginning
vsfrom the get-go
246 1.4

At the start of something

focuses on the exact starting moment rather than the whole early period
from the word go
vsfrom the get-go
  • Informal
3 5.3

From the very beginning of something

is the casual idiomatic way to state that exact start
ab initio
vsfrom the get-go
  • Formal
9.9

From the beginning

is the common informal expression for the same beginning
in initio
vsfrom the get-go
  • Literature
9.9

From the very beginning

is the usual informal phrase used to mark the exact start

Antonyms

eventually
∞ 3.0

After a long time

later
1.0

Happening after something else in time

How Soon

immediately
∞ 1.0
from the get-go
  • Informal
52 6.6
early on
193 2.5
subsequently
  • Formal
113 4.8
later
1.0

Surface Forms

from the get-go positive

Morphology

from + the + get-go

The preposition 'from' signals an origin or starting point, which cues the reader that the phrase refers to when something begins. However, 'get-go' is a colloquial compound whose meaning 'beginning' is not transparently derivable from knowing 'get' and 'go' alone, so learners typically need prior exposure to recognize it. Because the overall structure hints at 'start' but the core compound is idiomatic, this is best judged semi-transparent.

Etymology

The phrase from the get-go comes from the simple image of someone shouting get and then go at the start of a race, and the runners begin moving. That's why it means 'from the very beginning'.