in the first place

Meaning

1. Oxford75% of films

   used at the end of a sentence to talk about why sth was done or whether it should have been done or not

In the movies · 78

• You never did anything wrong in the first place, right?The Wolf of Wall Street2013
• And nobody asked you to come along in the first place.The Sword in the Stone1963
• Well, what'd you do in the first place?The Grapes of Wrath1940
• in the first place.Luca2021
• In the first place, I don't love you.The Aviator2004
• You suggested it in the first place.Jojo Rabbit2019
• if you didn't spill in the first place.The Proposal2009
• Never belonged here in the first place.The Green Mile1999

Learn it in full scenes

• The Wolf of Wall Street2013
  • Jordan Belfort Introduces Himself
  • Jordan's First Lunch with Mark Hanna
  • Black Monday Crushes Jordan's Career
• Luca2021
  • Mom Bans Luca From the Surface
  • Luca Learns to Walk on Land
  • Alberto Teaches Silenzio, Bruno
• Jojo Rabbit2019
  • Captain K Addresses the Jungvolk
  • Jojo Refuses to Kill the Rabbit
  • Rosie Pushes Jojo Out the Door

From the same entry

• all over the place
• change places
• fall into place
• give place to
• be going places
• if I was in your place
• be in a good, bad, dark, place
• in my, your, place
• in place
• in place of
• out of place
• a place in the sun

More idioms

• look on the bright side
• at most
• let go
• see you
• be carried away
• on top of
• as well
• go out of your way
• by mistake
• why not
• you're kidding
• keep your ears open