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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Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025
The jade is naturally cool to the touch, soothing from the get-go, and the rounded shape lends to relaxing, circular massaging.
—Allure, 14 Apr. 2025
The two butt heads from the get-go, and when Santos eventually begins to suspect that Langdon might be stealing drugs from the hospital, we’re placed in an ambiguous space.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
And then Lauren's Van, from the get-go, has been somebody who's no longer interested in trying to justify any of it, doesn't want anything to do with it, had no intention of ever seeing any of these people again.
—Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 4 Apr. 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 28 Apr. 2025.
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