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Idioms and Phrases

Under all circumstances, always, as in She was an artist first and last . (For a synonym, see above all .) This expression, first recorded in 1589, should not be confused with the similar-sounding from first to last , which means “from start to finish” or “throughout,” as in We cheered them on from first to last .

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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