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cast the first stone

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cast the first stone
Fig. to make the first criticism; to be the first to attack. (From a biblical quotation.) Well, I don't want to be the one to cast the first stone, but she sang horribly. John always casts the first stone. Does he think he's perfect?
See also: cast, first, stone


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He who is without sin, cast the first stone -- enough said.
As another young man who was condemned by his own people once said, "Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
Among those at whom he directs his pointed opinion are those people who say that we must accept public homosexuality and homosexual marriage because Jesus said, "Let he who among you who is without sin cast the first stone.
 
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