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blinked first

blinked first is the simple past and past participle of blink first.

Meaning of blink first

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

Questions about blinked first

What is blinked first the simple past and past participle of?
Blinked first is the simple past and past participle of blink first.

Words near blinked first in the dictionary

  1. blinkah
  2. blinkahs
  3. blinkard
  4. blinkards
  5. blinked
  6. blinked first
  7. Blinken
  8. blinkenlight
  9. blinkenlights
  10. Blinkens
  11. blinker

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