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Definition of In the first place

1. Adverb. Before now. "Why didn't you tell me in the first place?"

2. Adverb. Of primary import. "It was in the first place a local matter"

Definition of In the first place

1. Adverb. (context: sequence idiomatic) To begin with; earlier; first; at the start. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of In The First Place

in the cards in the clear in the crosshairs in the dark in the dock in the doghouse in the driver's seat in the dumps in the end in the eyes of

in the face of in the family way in the fast lane in the final analysis in the first place (current term) in the flesh in the flesh(p) in the future in the game in the gristle

in the groove in the head in the here and now in the hopper in the hospital in the hot seat in the know in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king in the last analysis

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