first and last

English

Adjective

first and last (not comparable)

  1. (attributive) only
    This is the first and last time I'm doing this.

Noun

first and last (plural firsts and lasts)

  1. (idiomatic) A person's combined given name and surname.

Translations

Adverb

first and last (not comparable)

  1. altogether; wholly
    • 1937, Gian Dàuli, The Wheel Turns (page 345)
      I had been a cad, a scoundrel, first and last. Sofia had been courageous in her misfortune; she had never wished to be a burden on me; she had hidden nothing from me as regards her past; I had sworn that her past no longer mattered, and then I had beaten her nearly to death.
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