Search Result：in the first place
in the first place 
(TTS Sound)
(TTS Sound)Overview of adv in_the_first_place
The adv in the first place has 2 senses
- in the first place, earlier, in the beginning, to begin with, originally -- (before now; "why didn't you tell me in the first place?")
- primarily, in the first place -- (of primary import; "this is primarily a question of economics"; "it was in the first place a local matter")