first and last

idiom

: at the most basic level : in all respects

This is first and last a matter of national security.

Examples of first and last in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Rogers, meanwhile, had the first and last say in the home opener for the RedHawks. —Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025

As the temperature gets warmer, the first and last frost dates fluctuate, which means plants release pollen longer in the fall and earlier in the spring, Anderson explained. —Julia Ries, Health, 25 Mar. 2025

To share your thoughts in this public forum, email them with your first and last names and city or neighborhood of residence to [e-mail]. —Letters To The Editor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025

Thanks to a king tide of hormones, irritability spikes during the first and last trimesters of pregnancy. —Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2025

Rhymes for first and last

• chloroplast
• epiblast
• opencast
• overcast
• protoplast
• rebroadcast
• telecast
• trophoblast
• ultrafast
• unsurpassed
• aghast
• amassed