COME FIRST

Absence of Choice

Noun: no choice, Hobson's choice; first come first served, random selection; necessity; not a pin to choose; (equality); any, the first that comes; that or nothing.

Precedence

Verb: precede; come before, come first; head, lead, take the lead; lead the way, lead the dance; be in the vanguard; introduce, usher in; have the pas; set the fashion; (influence); open the ball; take precedence, have precedence; have the start; (get before).

Superiority

Verb: be superior; Adjective: exceed, excel, transcend; outdo, outbalance, outweigh, outrank, outrival, out-Herod; pass, surpass, get ahead of; over-top, override, overpass, overbalance, overweigh, overmatch; top, o'ertop, cap, beat, cut out; beat hollow; outstrip; eclipse, throw into the shade, take the shine out of, outshine, put one's nose out of joint; have the upper hand, have the whip hand of, have the advantage; turn the scale, kick the beam; play first fiddle; (importance); preponderate, predominate, prevail; precede, take precedence, come first; come to a head, culminate; beat; all others, bear the palm; break the record; take the cake.

Crosswords: COME FIRST

When I fly, I'll have you know that my crew and my plane come first. (Top Gun; writing credit: Ehud Yonay; Jim Cash)

Rule number two: in Japan, men come first, women come second. (You Only Live Twice; writing credit: Roald Dahl)

Girls Come First (1975)

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And as to being expelled with violence, that event would necessarily come first in this case.

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Business

In principle, competition should come first from local producers. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "COME FIRST": first come first served. Additional references.

Arabic 

‏من يأتي أولا يخدم أولا (first come first served). (various references)

French

les premiers arrivés seront les premiers servis (first come first served). (various references)

German

vorgehen (act, action, advance, be fast, gain, go first, go forward, go on, go on ahead, go to the front, happen, have priority, procedure, proceed, proceeding, take action, take precedence, to go ahead). (various references)

Greek 

προέχω (be urgent). (various references)

Hebrew 

כל �"קו�"ם זוכ�" (first come first served). (various references)

Hungarian

szemesnek áll a világ (first come first served), szemesnek (first come first served), kiszolgálás szigorúan érkezési sorrendben (first come first served), érkezési sorrendben (first come first served), áll a világ (first come first served). (various references)

Italian

precedere (anticipate, come before, forego, precede). (various references)

Pig Latin

omecay irstfay

Portuguese

primeiro a chegar, primeiro a servir-se (first come first served). (various references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: comfiest, mortices, setiform.

-2 letters: comfier, comfits, erotics, erotism, firmest, fomites, forties, metrics, moister, mortice, mortise, trisome.

-3 letters: cestoi, citers, comers, comets, comfit, comtes, corset, cosier, coster, crimes, crofts, erotic, escort, fermis, fetors, ficoes, fomite, forces, forest, formes, formic, fortes, fortis, foster, fresco, isomer, merits, metric, metros, micros, mister, miters, mitres, moires, motifs, rectos.

+2 letters: cafetoriums.

+3 letters: conformities, discomfiture, discomforted.

+4 letters: discomfitures, imperfections, manufactories, perfectionism.

+5 letters: discomfortable, inconformities, microfilaments, perfectionisms, reinforcements, unconformities.