early on

One entry found for early on.

Main Entry: early on
Function: adverb
: at or during an early point or stage <the reasons were obvious early on in the experiment>
usage This adverb is sometimes objected to in American writing as an obtrusive Briticism. It is a relative newcomer to the language, having arisen in British English around 1928. It seems to have filled a need, however. It came into frequent use in American English in the late 1960s and is now well established on both sides of the Atlantic in both speech and writing.