Get-go

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The beginning. colloquial
  2. 2
    the time at which something is supposed to begin wordnet

Synonyms

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beginningcommencementfirstgo-offkickoffoffset

Example

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"Tom and Mary hit it off big time from the get-go."

Etymology

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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the get-go

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