from the word go

phrase

informal

: from the beginning

We were in trouble (right) from the word go.

Examples of from the word go in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This is so patently clear from the word go. — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 23 Feb. 2026

Raid 2 lacks the depth of side characters and the gripping narrative that the first film offered right from the word go. — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025

Failure to launch The film’s problems began from the word go, with a yearslong hunt for a script, director, and star. — Elaina Patton, IndieWire, 29 June 2024

Lim's voice is distinctive from the word go, the vibrant world of the New York theater scene and the quieter bubble of a Northern California high school easy to envision. — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 21 Aug. 2023

The Milwaukee Marathon has been a hot mess though from the word go, first with a couple of measuring mistakes by course-markers, several ownership and race director changes and then just a curse of bad luck lately. — Lori Nickel, Journal Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2023

Pretty much from the word go, the audience was trying to figure out who killed whom with what and why. — Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2022

Rhymes for from the word go

• adagio
• altiplano
• arapaho
• arapahoe
• fortissimo
• manifesto
• minangkabau
• oregano
• ostinato
• pistachio
• politico
• portfolio