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first come, first served en · X

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) One will be dealt with in the order in which one arrives.
    • This complicated situation means that strategically managing services through the central Manchester area and beyond is not possible for signallers in the Greater Manchester area, and trains are invariably dealt with on a 'first come, first served' basis. 2020 January 2, Philip Haigh, “Is there relief to congestion along Castlefield Corridor?”, in Rail, page 22:

Forms

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Deriveds

first-come-first-served · first come first served

Translations (31)

de wer zuerst kommt, mahlt zuerst (people will be dealt with in the order they arrive) · it chi prima arriva meglio alloggia (people will be dealt with in the order they arrive) · cmn 先到先招待 (people will be dealt with in the order they arrive) · fi ensiksi tullutta palvellaan ensin (people will be dealt with in the order they arrive) · da den, der kommer først til mølle, får først malet (people will be dealt with in the order they arrive) · cs kdo dřív přijde, ten dřív mele (people will be dealt with in the order they arrive) · sv först till kvarn får först mala (people will be dealt with in the order they arrive) · ru в поря́дке живо́й о́череди (people will be dealt with in the order they arrive) · ru кто успел, тот и съел (people will be dealt with in the order they arrive) · ja 先着順 (people will be dealt with in the order they arrive) · ru поздний гость гложет и кость (people will be dealt with in the order they arrive) · fr premier arrivé, premier servi (people will be dealt with in the order they arrive) · nb førstemann til mølla (people will be dealt with in the order they arrive) · ru в поря́дке поступле́ния (people will be dealt with in the order they arrive) · nl wie het eerst komt, het eerst maalt (people will be dealt with in the order they arrive) · cmn 先到先得 (people will be dealt with in the order they arrive) · ro primul venit, primul servit (people will be dealt with in the order they arrive) · es por orden de llegada (people will be dealt with in the order they arrive) · cmn 先到者,先招待 (people will be dealt with in the order they arrive) · is fyrstur kemur, fyrstur fær (people will be dealt with in the order they arrive) · nn fyrstemann til mylna (people will be dealt with in the order they arrive) · id siapa cepat, dia dapat (people will be dealt with in the order they arrive) · sv först till kvarn (people will be dealt with in the order they arrive) · nb den som kommer først til mølla, får først malt (people will be dealt with in the order they arrive) · pt primeiro a chegar, primeiro a ser atendido (people will be dealt with in the order they arrive) · pl kto pierwszy, ten lepszy (people will be dealt with in the order they arrive) · eo unua venis, unua prenis (people will be dealt with in the order they arrive) · sl kdor prej pride, prej melje (people will be dealt with in the order they arrive) · he זכות ראשונים (people will be dealt with in the order they arrive) · nl wie het eerst komt, die het eerst maalt (people will be dealt with in the order they arrive) · ko 선착순 (people will be dealt with in the order they arrive)