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A common comment on popular social media posts that encourages others to "like" the first picture on the commenter's page. A: "Why did you write 'First!' on Kylie Jenner's Instagram post?" B: "So that her fans will like my pictures too!"

first

off/thing

From the start; immediately: Why wasn't I told first off? When I get to work, I have to call my lawyer first thing.

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• at first
• at first blush
• at first glance
• at first hand
• at first light
• at first sight
• be carried out feet first
• be first among equals
• be first past the post
• be in the first flush of
• cast the first stone
• fall at the first hurdle
• feet first
• first
• first among equals
• first and foremost
• first and last
• First catch your hare
• First come, first served
• first cousin
• first crack at
• first for first
• first hand
• first hundred years are the hardest
• first impression
• First impressions are the most lasting
• First in, best dressed
• first leg
• first loser
• first love
• first of all
• first off
• first port of call
• first see the light of day
• first step is always the hardest
• first thing
• First things first
• first up
• first world problem
• firstest with the mostest
• first-rate
• from first to last
• get to first
• get to first base
• get to first base with someone
• get to first with someone
• give first refusal
• have first call on
• have first crack at
• He that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin
• hindside first
• If at first you don't succeed
• If at first you don't succeed, try, try again
• in the first place
• in the first place and in the first instance
• in the flush of
• jump in with both feet
• know the first thing about
• Ladies first
• love at first sight
• Not if I see you sooner, and Not if I see you first
• not know beans
• not know the first thing about
• of the first magnitude
• of the first water
• on a first-name basis
• play first chair
• play first fiddle
• reach first base
• Second place is the first loser.
• Self-preservation is the first law of nature
• Shoot first, ask questions later
• the [first etc.] rung on the ladder
• the first string
• the firstest with the mostest
• You first