go first

Example Sentences

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Berlin would then go first in announcing the news on Monday, with German officials saying that Merz had "suggested" to Macron that they should abandon the jet.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Applications go first to peer experts, who evaluate scholarly merit.

From Slate • May 14, 2026

When others approached us he always let me go first.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

"I feel like I did what I needed to do. Somebody's got to go first."

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026

They are like children, she thought crossly, daring each other to go first, ready to turn and call names at whoever comes last; she pushed her plate away from her and sighed.

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson