first and last
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English
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Adjective
[edit]first and last (not comparable)
- (attributive) only
- This is the first and last time I'm doing this.
See also
[edit]Noun
[edit]first and last (plural firsts and lasts)
- (idiomatic) A person's combined given name and surname.
- Hi, Yes, I'm here to register as a new primary care patient.
OK, I'll have you fill out a form on this digital tablet, but first I need your first and last, date of birth, and the last four of your social [the ending digits of an identification number].
Translations
[edit]Adverb
[edit]first and last (not comparable)
- altogether; wholly
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:completely
- He is a gentleman, first and last.
- 1937, Gian Dàuli, The Wheel Turns, page 345:
- I had been a cad, a scoundrel, first and last. Sofia had been courageous in her misfortune; she had never wished to be a burden on me; she had hidden nothing from me as regards her past; I had sworn that her past no longer mattered, and then I had beaten her nearly to death.