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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In one manner of thinking, AGI and ASI will have the aura of perfection going for them from the get-go.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Lester returned for this sequel, and the proceedings are decidedly sillier from the get-go.
—Will Harris, EW.com, 11 July 2025
Either way, this is launching into early access this July, so it won't be entirely finished or get a wider release just yet, but if Grounded is anything to go by it should be pretty good from the get-go either way.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
Sir Jimmy Crystal gives deeply unsettling vibes from the get-go, and while his bizarre gang of hoodlums do save Spike’s life, it’s implied that Spike may have wandered into a much worse situation.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Lester returned for this sequel, and the proceedings are decidedly sillier from the get-go.
—Will Harris, EW.com, 11 July 2025
Either way, this is launching into early access this July, so it won't be entirely finished or get a wider release just yet, but if Grounded is anything to go by it should be pretty good from the get-go either way.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
Sir Jimmy Crystal gives deeply unsettling vibes from the get-go, and while his bizarre gang of hoodlums do save Spike’s life, it’s implied that Spike may have wandered into a much worse situation.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 25 June 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 19 Jul. 2025.
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