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#informal #noun #Idioms #English #esl

first string (1)  {n.},  {informal}

1. The best group of players on a team; first team; A team.

Dick loved basketball and practiced hard until he was put on the first string.

2. The best group of workers.

Tom learned his trade so well that his boss soon called him one of his first string.
Categories: informal noun

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