put first

Meaning

1. put sb / sth first

   to consider sb / sth to be more important than anyone / anything else

   She always puts her children first.

In the movies · 15

• I need someone who's going to put me first.Holidate2020
• You always put them first, didn't you?The Royal Tenenbaums2001
• To try again to put our first man into orbit...Hidden Figures2016
• John McCain puts country first.Game Change2012
• I wanted to make a mental map of where I should put everything first.Child's Play2019
• Try this: put your first finger and your thumb together on each hand.Hillbilly Elegy2020
• OK, put it in first.Two-Lane Blacktop1971
• First, put down the plate.500 Days of Summer2009

From the same entry

• there's a first time for everything
• at first
• come first
• first and foremost
• first and last
• first come, first served
• first of all
• first off
• first up
• feet first
• head first
• safety first