come first

phrase

: to be more important than something else

He cares about his job, but his family comes first.

Examples of come first in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The pincher goes back and forth between the heist, which will come first, and the lab. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

And then there was the Israeli condition that Hamas disarmament should come first, and then the rest of the promises outlined in the ceasefire could follow. — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026

But the Chicago pileup also shows why reliability has to come first. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026

The music had to come first, with Lehman and Khan working closely to craft dance remixes that would feel vital and current while lovingly referencing all corners of South Asian culture and the South Asian American experience as well. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for come first

• interspersed
• reimbursed
• accursed
• amerced
• cloudburst
• coerced
• conversed
• disbursed
• dispersed
• headfirst
• immersed
• outburst