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TAKE THE QUIZ“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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