{n.}, {informal} 1. The best group of players on a team; first team; A team. * /Dick loved basketball and practiced hard until he was put on the first string./ 2. The best group of workers. * /Tom learned his trade so well that his boss soon called him one of his first string./
FIRST STRING
Meaning of FIRST STRING in English
Dictionary of English idioms . Словарь английских идиом. 2012