In the first place
In the first place adverb - Before now.
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Synonyms for In the first place
Truly and in the first place are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Truly" instead an adverb phrase "In the first place".
Truly
Truly adverb - Not merely this but also.
In the first place and truly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "In the first place" instead an adverb "Truly".
Nearby Word: truism
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Both terms in one sentence
- This may be due to the villain being truly all powerful, or the heroes being utterly incapable of confronting them in the first place, let alone stopping them.
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He's friendly, intelligent, devoted to his daughter, and is the first person to truly realize just how badass Sidney Burns truly is, and is the only person man enough to actually confront him about why he is so badass in the first place.
Source: Cool Old Guy - He also won't consider himself truly free until he's punished the ones who did this to him in the first place—who have actually been dead for a very long time, which Nessiah himself doesn't know.
Source: I Just Want to Be Free
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