in the first place

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in the first place Definition

• (r) before now; "why didn''t you tell me in the first place?"
• (r) of primary import; "this is primarily a question of economics"; "it was in the first place a local matter"

in the first place Synonyms

• earlier
• in the beginning
• in the first place
• originally
• primarily
• to begin with