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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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Mbappe's move to Real Madrid has dominated headlines from the word go.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2024

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

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

From Slate • Jul. 2, 2021

"Almost from the word go, he started asking me the most direct personal questions about Diana and our relationship," Khan told the outlet.

From Fox News • Jan. 11, 2021

More Daisy than Elizabeth from the word go.

From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff

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