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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Now many are coming to him committed to the idea from the get-go.
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Ben Christopher, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
In her provocative new spin on Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel, the Oscar-winning filmmaker announces from the get-go that this isn’t your grandmother’s windswept Gothic romance.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
That’s a weird thing to do from the get-go!
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
Two Illinois courts have now ruled that the case was shallow from the get-go.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
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Ben Christopher, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
In her provocative new spin on Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel, the Oscar-winning filmmaker announces from the get-go that this isn’t your grandmother’s windswept Gothic romance.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
That’s a weird thing to do from the get-go!
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
Two Illinois courts have now ruled that the case was shallow from the get-go.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
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