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Discover Ludwig"Work first" is a perfectly valid and correct phrase in written English.
You can use this phrase when you want to emphasize the importance of completing a task before engaging in other endeavors. For example, "Let's work first and then we can have fun."
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"Work first, then pleasure," David Xu cheerfully admonished me on my first official day in China.
Work first on a window that won't be too noticeable.
Work first 2 double stitch, 1 purl, repeat 9 times, join the stitch into a circle.
GREAT inventions rarely work first time.
Re "Work First, Invest Later?
"We met through work first.
… Work first, please, Esther," the paper implores.
Taegon Kim's ethereal work first appeared in Lumiere in 2009.
This means going to see their work first.
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I've seen it work first-hand a dozen times — predictably.
We don't generally see the life-saving impact of our work first-hand.
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