come first

come first

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Verb

come first (third-person singular simple present comes first, present participle coming first, simple past came first, past participle come first)

1. (idiomatic) To win first place in a competition.

   Sally came first in the calligraphy competition.

2. (idiomatic) To be the most important thing to consider.

   Don't forget: safety comes first.

   • 1987 September 14, Rick Nowels and Ellen Shipley, “Heaven Is a Place on Earth”, in Heaven on Earth‎, performed by Belinda Carlisle:

     Ooh, baby, do you know what that's worth? / Ooh, heaven is a place on Earth / They say in heaven, love comes first / We'll make heaven a place on Earth / Ooh, heaven is a place on Earth

Translations

win first place in competition

Chinese: Mandarin: 名列第一 (míngliè dì-yī) Finnish: voittaa (fi), tulla ensimmäiseksi French: (informal) arriver premier Russian: please add this translation if you can

be the most important thing to consider

Chinese: Mandarin: 放在首位 (fàng zài shǒuwèi), 第一 (zh) (dì-yī) Finnish: olla tärkeintä, olla ykkösasia, olla ykkönen French: primer (fr), (adverb) d'abord (fr), (adverb) avant tout (fr) Russian: пре́жде всего́ (ru) (préžde vsevó)