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get-go

get-go noun: the beginning.

Noun

get-go

  1. (colloquial) The beginning.
    Synonyms:
    go-off

Synonyms of get-go

Forms of get-go

alternative formgetgo
alternative formgit-go

Origin of get-go

From get + go. First use appears in 1960 as part of the phrase from the get-go in the publication Baltimore Afro-American.

Words formed from get-go

  • the get-go

Phrases with get-go

Questions about get-go

What does get-go mean?
Get-go means the beginning.
What part of speech is get-go?
Get-go is a noun.

Words near get-go in the dictionary

  1. get-at-able
  2. get-away
  3. get-aways
  4. get-back coach
  5. get-back coaches
  6. get-go
  7. get-in
  8. get-in price
  9. get-in prices
  10. get-ins
  11. get-nothing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: get-go (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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