in the first place

Adverb
  1. Before now (synset 400168316)
    "why didn't you tell me in the first place?"
    same as: earlier, in the beginning, originally, to begin with
  2. Of primary import (synset 400139220)
    "this is primarily a question of economics"; "it was in the first place a local matter"
    same as: primarily

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