Analogy from various sports and activities, such as hound racing and bull-riding.
Prepositional phrase
[edit]out of the gate
- (idiomatic) At or from the very beginning; from the outset; immediately upon starting.
2022 November 12, Matteo Wong, “How Did America End Up With the Z.O.M.B.I.E. Act?”, in The Atlantic[1]:If nicknames and partisan battles are inevitable, better to control branding out of the gate.
