come first

verb

Definitions

  1. To win first place in a competition.

    • Sally came first in the calligraphy competition.
  2. To be the most important thing to consider.

    • Near-synonym: override
    • Don't forget: safety comes first.
    • Ooh, baby, do you know what that's worth? / Ooh, heaven is a place on Earth / They say in heaven, love comes first / We'll make heaven a place on Earth / Ooh, heaven is a place on Earth

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No curated loop yet for come first. 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