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ab o·vo
(ăb ō′vō)adv.
From the beginning.
[Latin ab ōvō : ab, from + ōvō, ablative of ōvum, egg.]
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ab ovo
(æb ˈəʊvəʊ)from the beginning
[literally: from the egg]
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ab o•vo
(ɑb ˈoʊ woʊ; Eng. æb ˈoʊ voʊ)adv. Latin.
from the beginning.
[literally, from the egg]
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ab ovo
A Latin phrase meaning 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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