at first blush
prep_phraseEtymology
From an obsolete sense of blush meaning to glance at.
Definitions
Upon first impression or consideration
Upon first impression or consideration; seemingly, apparently, ostensibly.
- At first blush it appears rather strange to consider for even a moment the possibility that corporate financial and business disclosure rises to the dignity of speech protected by the First Amendment.
- Third, it is only at first blush that one finds no exercises in conceptual elucidation
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for at first blush. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA