first and last

1. 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.

Example Sentences

He painted "California" in early 1961, shortly before he made his first and last trip to the United States for his debut exhibitions across the Atlantic, in New York and Los Angeles, it said.

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And so it was on Wednesday and Saturday nights, the IPO’s first and last appearances at Carnegie this visit, with tempers between the often-masked protesters and the well-dressed concertgoers flaring occasionally.

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The name of the label is thought to be derived from the first and last letters of the Cameron name, with the initials of the couple's four children in between.

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It is expected he could be present in court for at least the first and last day of this final phase of the trial.

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Filipino first and last names are a mix of English and Spanish inherited from its former colonisers the US and Spain.

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