outstart

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No one can advise you when to throw your "hat in the ring" and say defiantly at the outstart, "Gentlemen, I am here to fight!"

From The Art of Public Speaking by Carnagey, Dale

Many of these he was compelled at the outstart to forego, and he set to work upon his first book, the Grammatica Græca of Lascaris, with barely a tithe of that number.

From Book Collecting: A Guide for Amateurs by Slater, J. Herbert (John Herbert)

Its people embraced the revolutionary cause at the outstart, and furnished some companies of foot to the Confederate service, as well as a mounted company known as the "Black Horse Cavalry."

From Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War by Townsend, George Alfred

I was very sure that none would outstart me again for that day.”

From Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure by Johnston, Charles Haven Ladd

At the very outstart resolve to be professional in your methods, be businesslike, and play fair.

From Writing the Photoplay by Esenwein, J. Berg (Joseph Berg)