F
Idioms beginning with "F"
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[first come, first served] {truncated sent.}, {informal}
If you arrive first, you will be served first; people will be waited on in the order they come; the person who comes first will have his turn first.
* /Get in line for your ice cream, boys. First […]
[first cousin] {n.}
The child of your aunt or uncle.
Tom's only first cousin was Ralph, the son of his Uncle John.
[first of all] {adv. phr.}
Chiefly; primarily; as the first thing.
After we get to Chicago, we will, first of all, try to find a reliable used car.
[first off] {adv. phr.}, {informal}
Before anything else; first.
First off, I want you to mow the lawn.
[first-run] {adj. phr.}
Shown for the first time; new.
The local theater showed only first-run movies.
[first string] (1) {n.}, {informal}
1. The best group of players on a team; first team; A team.
Dick loved basketball and practiced hard until he was put on the first string.
2. The best group of workers.
* /Tom learned his trade so well that […]
[first-string] {adj.}, {informal}
1. On the starting team or A team.
He was the first-string quarterback.
2. Of the best quality; foremost.
He was the least expensive of the city's first-string lawyers.
[first thing off the bat] {adv. phr.}
Immediately; at once.
He called home from Paris first thing off the bat as he stepped off the plane.
[first things first]
Other things must wait until the most important and necessary things are done.
Study your lessons before you go out to play. First things first.