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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.
American Heritage Idioms
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Phrase(s): from the word go
Cliché from the very beginning. • I knew about the problem from the word go. • She was failing the class from the word go.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs