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first blush

see at first blush.

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RELATED WORDS

morning, outset, prime

Nearby words

  1. first axiom of countability,
  2. first balkan war,
  3. first base,
  4. first baseman,
  5. first blood,
  6. first cause,
  7. first chamber,
  8. first class,
  9. first classman,
  10. first come, first served
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