from the get-go

alternative from the getgo · alternative from the git-go · alternative from the gecko

1. colloquialidiomaticFrom the very beginning; from the outset; immediately upon starting.

   I watched him closely from the get-go because I did not trust him.

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   I am 15 and in love with a fellow that goes to college in another state. I met him during the summer vacation and liked him from the get go.

   1960 November 8, J. F., “Tell It to Jan: Are College Boys True to the Girls Back Home”, in Baltimore Afro-American, five ★ edition, 69th year, number 31, Baltimore, Md.: Afro-American Co., →ISSN, Afro Magazine section, page 6, column 1

   An artist from the get-go, Gilot declared at the age of 21 that she “felt painting was my whole life”, and her output ranges from portraits to landscapes, still lifes to collage.

   2023 June 12, Katy Hessel, “‘Blatant sexism’: why is a great painter who lived to 101 still defined by a man she left in the 1950s?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

   Synonyms: the word go, off the bat § Synonyms