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first love

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first love

1. The first person one falls in love with. Brian was my first love. I can't possibly talk to him at the reunion! She's still pretty melancholy, but Tim was her first love—it's going to take time for her to recover from their break-up. You only get one first love, so you'll never forget that person.
2. The first or main thing one is passionate about. Painting was my first love, but I've really taken to photography in my later years. As much as I enjoy teaching, writing is my first love, so I always make time for it on the weekends. It was rare to see Molly without a book in her hand growing up—reading was really her first love.
See also: first, love
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Mohamed Eid, 97, has 42 children and grandchildren but has never forgotten his first love. He had proposed to the woman he loved when he was young, but was rejected because of a custom in her tribe that prohibited her from marrying anyone but a cousin, the London-based al-Hayat reported Wednesday.
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