outstart

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The advocates of women in dentistry were met at the outstart with the health question, and as it had never been tested, the most favorably inclined looked forward with some anxiety to the result.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

Would you have me give the secret of my success at the very outstart?

From Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists by Cooke, James Francis

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)

Determined to be 'single in the head of all,' he pushed between the Nonparilla and Rainbow, and 'thrust himself athwart the channel, so as I was sure none should outstart me again for that day.'

From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by Stebbing, W. (William)

So I judged they had our gang in a pretty tight place right at the outstart.

From The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade by Twain, Mark