FIRST AND FOREMOST Definition & Meaning

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Idioms and Phrases

Also, first of all . Most important, primarily; also, to begin with. For example, First and foremost, I want to thank our sponsors , or What we need, first and foremost, is a new secretary , or We have to deal, first of all, with the early history . The first term, dating from the late 1300s, is redundant, since first and foremost mean virtually the same thing. Both it and the variant, which dates from the mid-1500s, are used to give emphasis to the initial item in a list of several. Also see first off ; first thing .

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He added that it became "first and foremost a safety situation".

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"Everyone is entitled to their opinion. What we've always got to remember is women are different to men first and foremost and everyone processes their emotions differently and reacts in different ways."

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“The goal is, first and foremost, to keep the people in your hospital safe,” Cohen said.

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A functioning Congress should be thanking these judges for performing the basic oversight duties that fall, first and foremost, to the legislative branch.

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This book is first and foremost in honor of the Black heroes who used literacy to propel freedom.

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