Idiom meaning, usage examples, facts

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FROM THE WORD GO
from the beginning
 FROM THE WORD GO
1. I didn’t understand a thing from the moment the math teacher opened his mouth. I was lost from the word go.
2. The candidate was never half-hearted about winning. She was serious from the word go.

Synonym: from day one. The expression suggests a race in which the beginning is marked by the word go.


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