IN THE FIRST PLACE

• (adverb) of primary import

  "this is primarily a question of economics", "it was in the first place a local matter"

  synonyms : primarily

• (adverb) before now

  "why didn't you tell me in the first place?"

  synonyms : earlier , in the beginning , originally , to begin with

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