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nounThe beginning.
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nounthe time at which something is supposed to begin
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From get + go. First use appears in 1960 as part of the phrase from the get-go in the publication Baltimore Afro-American.
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APA
get-go. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get-go
MLA
“get-go.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get-go. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “get-go,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get-go.
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