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get-go

[ get-goh ]

noun

Informal.
  1. the very beginning:

    They've had trouble from the get-go.

  2. pep; energy; get-up-and-go.


get-go

noun

  1. from the get-go informal.
    from the beginning

    I've been your friend from the get-go

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of get-go1

First recorded in 1965–70, Americanism
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Example Sentences

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I can get the reasoning to build out his role, but the gags are clunky from the get-go, including a tedious stretch in which Braxton whines about his urgent desire to adopt a corgi.

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The actor and comedian said he’s nervous from the get-go.

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There is that brief moment, relatively brief moment, even though it is contested by southern white elites from the get-go.

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Kelly went on to say that the series “was just a mismatch from the get-go” and that the Yankees might be considered the “eighth- or ninth-best playoff team” from last fall.

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From the get-go, Beutner, who wrote and financed the proposition, was concerned that some school systems would use the new arts money to pay for existing arts programs — leaving students no better off than before.

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