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go first

VERB

head

Synonyms

STRONGEST

command control direct guide lead run

STRONG

address dominate govern pioneer precede rule supervise

WEAK

be first be in charge hold sway over lead the way

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abandon follow misguide mislead neglect obey

STRONG

serve submit surrender yield

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Frankly, if Streeting had wanted to go first, he'd probably have made a move already.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

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

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026

The grandmotherly driving of today’s Waymos conjures images of two, excessively polite Midwesterners locked at an intersection, each beckoning the other to go first, back and forth in perpetuity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025

None started where most people’s minds go first: Am I safe?

From Slate • Aug. 14, 2025

This was why the ARVNs didn’t want to go first.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers

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