come first
idiom
: to be more important than something else
He cares about his job, but his family comes first.
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Cause and effect is flipped — the fans come first.
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Chris Cardillo, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
Tenant needs should always come first, and all partners and influencers should be carefully vetted to ensure alignment with the building’s values and goals.
—Mark Zettl, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
And any candidate—left, right, or center—who forgets that will fail, because Black voters are insisting that our priorities come first.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
The group takes kids on a first come first serve basis.
—La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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Chris Cardillo, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
Tenant needs should always come first, and all partners and influencers should be carefully vetted to ensure alignment with the building’s values and goals.
—Mark Zettl, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
And any candidate—left, right, or center—who forgets that will fail, because Black voters are insisting that our priorities come first.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
The group takes kids on a first come first serve basis.
—La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Come first.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20first. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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