come first
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: to be more important than something else
He cares about his job, but his family comes first.
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Football and on-pitch results come first and there is an acknowledgement top-flight survival is paramount.
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Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Image At a Seven & i training center south of Tokyo, all new employees watch an 18-minute video in which Masatoshi Ito, who died last year at 98, walks through the history of the company’s founding and his belief that customers always come first.
—River Akira Davis, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2024
For example, with other forms of severe weather, rain may come first, then isolated pockets of thunderstorms with hail or a tornado.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Jan. 2025
Although sympathizing with Jeff's circumstances, the dad maintained that Emily's safety must come first.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Image At a Seven & i training center south of Tokyo, all new employees watch an 18-minute video in which Masatoshi Ito, who died last year at 98, walks through the history of the company’s founding and his belief that customers always come first.
—River Akira Davis, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2024
For example, with other forms of severe weather, rain may come first, then isolated pockets of thunderstorms with hail or a tornado.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Jan. 2025
Although sympathizing with Jeff's circumstances, the dad maintained that Emily's safety must come first.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Come first.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20first. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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