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

Example Sentences

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"I thought we really let ourselves go and attacked the game straight from the word go," said Farrell.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025

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 EQS sedan and SUV should be "profitable from the word go" in the U.S. market, he said.

From Reuters • Oct. 22, 2021

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