Definitions

from the word go

ADJECTIVE

throughout

Synonyms

WEAK

all over all the time all through around at full length completely during every bit everyplace everywhere far and near far and wide for the duration from beginning to end from end to end from one end to the other from start to finish from the start high and low in all respects in every place in everything inside and out on all accounts over overall right through round the whole time through the whole of to the end up and down

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from the word go

"It's very easy to feel some element of shame and keep it to yourself. But right from the word go, I was determined I wasn't going to do that."

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026

She didn’t consider herself a singer, and she said that from the word go, but I was like, it doesn’t matter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2023

Stone also produced "Poor Things", which meant she was involved in the decision-making from the word go.

From Reuters ● Sep. 1, 2023

The Tomorrow War needs a little explaining from the word go.

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2021

I thought it was obvious from the word go.

From "Twelve Angry Men" by Reginald Rose

from the word go

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