first order of business
noun[C]
ukuspluralfirst orders of businessasituationorsubjectthat must bedealtwith before anythingelse:
When thefinancialsituationgetsdifficult, the firstorderofbusinessis todefineyourgoalsandyourpriorities.
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Thefirstorderofbusinesswas to nominate a convention chairman.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thefirstorderofbusinesswas to release the titles collectors had been frequently requesting.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thefirstorderofbusinesswas to select a site for the new club.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thefirstorderofbusinesswas the election of officers.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thefirstorderofbusinesswas to restore electric power.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.At the next official group meeting, thefirstorderofbusinessis to find a new manager.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thefirstorderofbusinesswas to consider a location for a town market place.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thefirstorderofbusinesswas the creation of a national army.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As the records of the lodge indicate, thefirstorderofbusinesswas to find a meeting place that they could call their own.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thus, thefirstorderofbusinesswas.. to restore confidence in the currency.
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- someone had better do something
- someone has bought it
- someone is full of it
- someone is going places
- someone is no fool
- someone is no stranger to something
- someone may as well do something
- someone's answer to someone/something
- someone's back is turned
- someone's bark is worse than his/her bite
- someone's bark is worse than his or her bite
- someone's biological clock is ticking
- someone's blood is up
- someone's clutches
- someone's declining years
- someone's dulcet tones
- someone's end of the bargain, deal, etc.
- someone's eyes are bigger than their belly/stomach
- someone's face doesn't fit
- someone's face falls
- someone's face is a picture
- someone's field of vision
- someone's hands are tied
- someone's heart is in his/her mouth
- someone's heart is in their boots