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blink first

blink first verb: to be the first party in some situation to give in or back down.

Verb

blink first (third-person singular simple present blinks first, present participle blinking first, simple past and past participle blinked first)

  1. (idiomatic) To be the first party in some situation to give in or back down.
    • The future of these valuable vehicles depends on who blinks first in the stand-off between a ROSCO wanting to maximise the return on its investment and the determination of DfT to reduce operating costs.2023 June 28, Ben Jones, “Are we getting rid of our (still useful) rolling stock too early?”, in RAIL, number 986, page 29

Forms of blink first

third-person singular presentblinks first
present participleblinking first
past participleblinked first
pastblinked first

Words that rhyme with blink first

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Questions about blink first

What does blink first mean?
Blink first means to be the first party in some situation to give in or back down.
What part of speech is blink first?
Blink first is a verb.
What is the past tense of blink first?
The past tense of blink first is blinked first.

Words near blink first in the dictionary

  1. blingy
  2. blini
  3. blinis
  4. blink
  5. blink comparator
  6. blink first
  7. blink microscope
  8. blink of an eye
  9. blink-and-you'll-miss-it
  10. blink-and-you-miss-it
  11. blink-eyed

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