second to none

Idioms  

1. The best, as in Mom's chocolate cake is second to none. Shakespeare was among the first to use this term in The Comedy of Errors (5:1), when Angelo speaks warmly of Antipholus of Syracuse: “Of credit infinite, highly belov'd, second to none that lives here.”

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Example Sentences

Second to none: When the Dodgers traded for second baseman Brian Dozier, the clubhouse was subdued.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2018

Second to none, as friends to the individual, they are first and foremost among the compages, the bonds and rivets of the race.’ 

From The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)

Second to none shalt thou be, but shalt come and go in the palace even as thou wilt.

From Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes by Zweig, Stefan

Second to none of the enemies of Holy Writ, practically, are they who deny its depth and fulness.

From Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford by Burgon, John William

Second to none for faithfulness, Abilities and usefulness.

From The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1 by Various

Related Words

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• key
• leading
• main
• major
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• preeminent
• primary
• prime
• prominent