put first

Synonyms

prioritize prioritise

Antonyms

disdain squash scorn rebuff deride spurn
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Examples

How can you expect to be rescued if you don't put first things first and act proper? William Golding

The last thing we decide in writing a book is what to put first. Blaise Pascal

Too much mercy... often resulted in further crimes which were fatal to innocent victims who need not have been victims if justice had been put first and mercy second. Agatha Christie

The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first. T. S. Eliot

Habit 1: Be Proactive Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind Habit 3: Put First Things First Habit 4: Think Win/Win Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood Habit 6: Synergize Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw. Stephen Covey

Put first things first. American Proverb

Words in the phrase

put first

Close letter words and terms

put facts on the ground put feet up put finger on put flea in ear put flesh on put flesh on the bones of