from the word go

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1. From the start, as in I've had trouble with this computer from the word go. This expression probably alludes to the start of a race, signaled by the word go. [Early 1800s] For a synonym, see from scratch.

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from the word go

Pretty much from the word go, the audience was trying to figure out who killed whom with what and why.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2022

"The judge was biased against us from the word go and threw caution to the wind by conducting a sham trial," he wrote on Twitter.

From Reuters ● Jul. 28, 2022

Derry native and veteran sports journalist Peter Jackson observes: "The difference in attitude was that the RFU from the word go said: 'We will send the team. We will find 15 Englishmen.'"

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2022

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