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What does in the first place mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word in the first place? Here's what it means.

Prepositional phrase
  1. (sequence, idiomatic) to begin with; earlier; first; at the start
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The truth of the matter is, we find racial profiling has a lot to do why African-American males are stopped in the first place.
If Hannibal had listened too long to his accountants, he might not have set off in the first place.
He felt silly that he'd allowed her muddled ravings to addle him in the first place.
Let's not forget that it was exactly this kind of abbreviation that caused all the trouble in the first place.
As with any addictive substance, there is a reason we get hooked on caffeine in the first place.
But these are small quibbles, and the greater value of this book is that it has its readers asking such questions in the first place.

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