FIRST THING Definition & Meaning

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first thing

Before anything else; without delay. For example, Tom was supposed to call him first thing in the morning. [Late 1500s] Also see under first and foremost; first off.

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The first thing is, if you're going to have a random sample of people deliberating, you need to have a good random sample.

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The first thing she noticed was the quiet.

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When Murdock took over Dole, the first thing he did was to buy a stack of books on fruits and vegetables.

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“Marines are trained to fight, that’s the first thing they’re trained to do,” said Jennifer Kavanagh, director of military analysis at Defense Priorities, a military research group.

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He said the first thing daughter Chloe asked was if the win meant the family could go to Disneyland.

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