from the get-go

phrase

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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Oppenheimer and One Battle After Another successfully ran the Best Picture gauntlet despite being pegged as favorites from the get-go. — Nate Jones, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026 To translate is to commit to imperfection, to unlikeness and even error, from the get-go. — Merve Emre, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2026 But expecting new technologies to be drop-in ready and price-competitive from the get-go is unrealistic, said Priyana Khanna, innovation director of scaling at the innovation platform Fashion for Good. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026 In the wake of a depressing 69-93 season that sputtered out from the get-go, as so many a Royals campaign does, the club promptly made some substantial changes. — Kansas City Star, 4 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for from the get-go

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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 12 Oct. 2026.

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