First+place
11in the first place — {adv. phr.} 1. Before now; in the beginning; first. * /You already ate breakfast! Why didn t you tell me that in the first place instead of saying you didn t want to eat?/ * /Carl patched his old football but it soon leaked again. He should have… …
12in\ the\ first\ place — adv. phr. 1. Before now; in the beginning; first. You already ate breakfast! Why didn t you tell me that in the first place instead of saying you didn t want to eat? Carl patched his old football but it soon leaked again. He should have bought a… …
13in the first place — Someone that is done in the first place is done at the beginning, before anything else. Why didn t you tell me in the first place that he was your boyfriend? It would have saved a lot of embarrassment …
14in the first place — 1) used for stating the most basic reason for something There were several reasons he couldn t sleep. In the first place, Peg snored. 2) at the beginning of a situation If you don t like her, why invite her in the first place? …
15in the first place — adverb 1. before now (Freq. 6) why didn t you tell me in the first place? • Syn: ↑earlier, ↑in the beginning, ↑to begin with, ↑originally 2. of primary import (Freq. 5) …
16in the first place — in the first place, you re not old enough Syn: initially, at first, at the start, at the outset, in/at the beginning, in the first instance, to begin with, to start with, originally …
17in the first place — ► in the first place 1) as the first consideration or point. 2) at the beginning; to begin with. Main Entry: ↑first …
18in the first place — adverb To begin with; earlier; first; at the start. The question is not whether I still enjoy the job, when I never enjoyed it in the first place …
19in the first place — firstly, to begin with Of course I can t go. In the first place I must work on Saturday. In the second place I have no money …
20in the first place — index ab initio Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
