Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “out of the gate” and its meaning is “at the very beginning; from the very beginning”.
Example Sentence: It’s imperative that resources directed at the Covid recovery also accelerate action against the climate crisis, a threat no less urgent than this pandemic. Some politicians have already followed this reasoning: France’s president Emmanuel Macron was among the first out of the gate when his government refused to give stimulus funds to airlines that would not take steps to drastically reduce emissions.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article The climate crisis should be at the heart of the global Covid recovery and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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