IN THE FIRST PLACE


Meaning of IN THE FIRST PLACE in English

used at the end of a sentence to talk about why sth was done or whether it should have been done or not :

I still don't understand why you chose that name in the first place.

I should never have taken that job in the first place.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.