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outset

[ out-set ]

noun

  1. the beginning or start:

    I wanted to explain the situation at the outset.



outset

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noun

  1. a start; beginning (esp in the phrase from ( or at ) the outset )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of outset1

First recorded in 1530–40; out- + set
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Idioms and Phrases

see at the outset .
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At the outset of the administration, business leaders were complacent about Trump’s policies.

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Southampton won promotion to the Premier League last summer after beating Leeds in the play-offs, however, their campaign in the top flight has been troubled from the outset.

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“We were aware from the outset that this is a highly politicized research topic,†co-author Harlan Krumholz, a professor of medicine at Yale, told me by email.

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From the outset of camp, he emerged as a front-runner for the No. 5 spot in the team’s opening day rotation.

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The scandal is the latest episode in a political career that has been rocky from the outset.

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