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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 .Advertisement
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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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