“in the first”

The following 4 entries include the term in the first.

in the first degree

idiom

: of the most serious type : deserving the harshest punishment

in the (first) flush of

idiom

: in the early and exciting time of (something)

in the first instance

idiom

: before other events happen : as the first thing in a series of actions

in the first place

idiom

used at the end of a sentence to indicate what was true or what should have been done at the beginning of a situation


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