in the first place

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From the beginning, at the outset, before anything else. For example, Why didn't you tell me in the first place that you've decided to leave? or He could have bought a new one in the first place.

As the first of several items in order of importance. This phrase is usually accompanied by in the second place, third place, and so on, as in I'm not joining the health club because, in the first place, I don't like their hours, and in the second place, I can't afford the dues. [First half of 1600s] Also see for one.

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释义	in the first place SEE SYNONYMS FOR in the first place ON THESAURUS.COM 1 From the beginning, at the outset, before anything else. For example, Why didn't you tell me in the first place that you've decided to leave? or He could have bought a new one in the first place. 2 As the first of several items in order of importance. This phrase is usually accompanied by in the second place, third place, and so on, as in I'm not joining the health club because, in the first place, I don't like their hours, and in the second place, I can't afford the dues. [First half of 1600s] Also see for one. Words nearby in the first place in the eye of, in the face, in the face of, in the family way, in the final analysis, in the first place, in the flesh, in the flush of, in the fullness of time, in the groove, in the gutter The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to in the first place basically, formerly, particularly, chiefly, mostly, largely, generally, notably, predominantly, first and foremost, importantly, essentially, especially, principally, initially, originally, primitively, primarily, mainly, first
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