GET-GO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does get-go mean? 

• GET-GO (noun)
  The noun GET-GO has 1 sense:

1. the time at which something is supposed to begin

  Familiarity information: GET-GO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GET-GO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The time at which something is supposed to begin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

beginning; commencement; first; get-go; kickoff; offset; outset; showtime; start; starting time

Context example:

she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her

Hypernyms ("get-go" is a kind of...):

point; point in time (an instant of time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "get-go"):

birth (the time when something begins (especially life))

incipience; incipiency (beginning to exist or to be apparent)

starting point; terminus a quo (earliest limiting point)

threshold (the starting point for a new state or experience)