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ab ovo

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ab o·vo  (b v)
adv.
From the beginning.

[Latin ab v : ab, from + v, ablative of vum, egg.]

ab ovo Latin [æb ˈəʊvəʊ]
from the beginning
[literally: from the egg]
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ab ovo
adverb (Latin) from the start, from the first, from the beginning, from scratch (informal), from the word go (informal), ab initio (Latin), from the egg, from first principles


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