from the word go

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   from the very beginning

   Your brother's plan was bad from the word go.

   I was jinxed from the word go. First time I was ever kissed was in a cemetery.

In the movies · 3

• I thought it was obvious from the word "go."12 Angry Men1957
• Your brother's plan was bad from the word go.Mission: Impossible - Fallout2018
• I was jinxed from the word go. First time I was ever kissed was in a cemetery.The Apartment1960

Learn it in full scenes

• 12 Angry Men1957
  • Jurors Gather in the Jury Room
  • Juror 8 Votes Not Guilty
  • The Jurors Go Around the Table
• The Apartment1960
  • Baxter Swaps His Apartment Nights
  • Sheldrake Grills Baxter About the Key
  • Baxter Meets Fran at the Theatre

From the same entry

• by word of mouth
• get a word in edgeways
• have a word in ear
• have words
• in other words
• in so many words
• in a word
• in words of one syllable
• the last word
• my word
• not have a good word to say for
• put in a word for

More idioms

• get a handle on
• have time on your hands
• keep at a distance
• on the edge of your seat
• take to heart
• the rules of the game
• to your heart's content
• for rent
• not to worry
• play your cards right
• be torn
• do the trick