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at first blush

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at first blush (mainly American)

when you first start to think about something. His decision isn't as odd as it may seem at first blush.

See also: blush, first

at first blush

when first learning or thinking about something. At first blush, the house seemed perfect until we discovered we had no heat or hot water.

Related vocabulary: at first sight, at first glance

See also: blush, first

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As regarded Judge Pyncheon, it seemed probable, at first blush, that the mode of his final departure might give him a larger and longer posthumous vogue than ordinarily attends the memory of a distinguished man. House Of Seven Gables by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context More results

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