from the get-go
idiom
US, informal
: from the very beginning
She didn't like me from the get-go.
They were involved in the project from the get-go.
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The Cowboys' defense was banged up all season, so Zimmer had to deal with adversity from the get-go.
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Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
That included each of Swiatek’s first two times serving, making clear right from the get-go this would not be her usual sort of day.
—Howard Fendrich, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Technically, Apple Watch users have been able to import their workouts into Strava from the get-go.
—Victoria Song, The Verge, 3 Jan. 2025
However benign or malicious — whatever its life or death, possible eternal salvation or never-ending damnation — this spirit seizes your attention from the get-go because everything in this twisty, technically virtuosic, surprisingly moving chiller is shot from its point of view.
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
That included each of Swiatek’s first two times serving, making clear right from the get-go this would not be her usual sort of day.
—Howard Fendrich, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Technically, Apple Watch users have been able to import their workouts into Strava from the get-go.
—Victoria Song, The Verge, 3 Jan. 2025
However benign or malicious — whatever its life or death, possible eternal salvation or never-ending damnation — this spirit seizes your attention from the get-go because everything in this twisty, technically virtuosic, surprisingly moving chiller is shot from its point of view.
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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“From the get-go.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/from%20the%20get-go. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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