get-go

get–go

noun \ˈgit-ˌgō, ˈget-\

Definition of GET-GO

: the very beginning —used in the phrase from the get-go <didn't like me from the get–go>

Variants of GET-GO

get–go also git–go \ˈgit-\

First Known Use of GET-GO

1966

Related to GET-GO

Synonyms: alpha, baseline, birth, commencement, dawn, day one, genesis, get-go (also git-go), inception, incipience, incipiency, kickoff, launch, morning, nascence, nascency, onset, outset, start, threshold

Antonyms: close, conclusion, end, ending, omega

Related Words: drawing board, first base, ground zero, square one; creation, founding, inauguration, initiation, institution, origination; cradle, fountain, fountainhead, germ, origin, root, seedbed, source, spring, well, wellspring; dawning, opening; advent, appearance, arrival, debut (also début), emergence; childhood, infancy, youth

Near Antonyms: cessation, closing, closure, completion, finale, finish, period, stop, termination, windup

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