come first
English
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Verb
[edit]come first (third-person singular simple present comes first, present participle coming first, simple past came first, past participle come first)
- (idiomatic) To win first place in a competition.
- Sally came first in the calligraphy competition.
- (idiomatic) To be the most important thing to consider.
- Near-synonym: override
- Don't forget: safety comes first.
- 1987 September 14, Rick Nowels, Ellen Shipley, “Heaven Is a Place on Earth”, in Heaven on Earth[1], performed by Belinda Carlisle:
- 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
Translations
[edit]win first place in competition
be the most important thing to consider