first thing
idiom
: before anything else : right away : very early
I'll be back first thing (on) Monday morning.
She promised to call first thing in the morning.
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If this were to happen in reality, the very first thing is that every single government, every single big business would invent an alternative.
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Jake Kring-Schreifels, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
Paige and her mother prepare the dough on Christmas Eve and bake the sticky buns first thing in the morning.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2025
In the new motion filed first thing Wednesday morning, Adams asked the court to toss the case for a new reason -- prosecutorial misconduct.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 26 Feb. 2025
Memorizing a poem first thing in the morning became a way of attuning me to a different logic.
—Charley Locke, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
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Jake Kring-Schreifels, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
Paige and her mother prepare the dough on Christmas Eve and bake the sticky buns first thing in the morning.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2025
In the new motion filed first thing Wednesday morning, Adams asked the court to toss the case for a new reason -- prosecutorial misconduct.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 26 Feb. 2025
Memorizing a poem first thing in the morning became a way of attuning me to a different logic.
—Charley Locke, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for first thing
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“First thing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20thing. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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