- first and last
- {adv. phr.} Most noticeably; all the time; chiefly. * /He was first and last a school teacher./ * /Steven joined the army because first and last he wanted to help his country./ Syn.: ABOVE ALL.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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