in the first place

Language: en

Meaning: (sequence,idiomatic)to begin with;earlier;firstly;originally; at thestart,The question is not whether I still enjoy the job, when I never enjoyed itin the first place.; (idiomatic)at all,even(typically in non-negated statements)Why does this existin the first place?

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