Idioms

dibs on

(first) dibs (on something)

slang The rights to something, or the rights to have first choice of something. "Dibs" are usually claimed verbally. The word is a shortening of "dibstones," counters used in an 18th-century children's game. I call dibs on the front seat! Hey, I had dibs on being first in line! A: "Can I have this pudding cup?" B: "No, Sarah's got first dibs."
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dibs on something

a claim on something. I've got dibs on the yellow one! Dibs on the front seat!
See also: dibs, on
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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