the first crack at (something)
the first crack at (something)
The first chance to do something. I let them have the first crack at producing my film, but they weren't interested, so I took my script to another studio.
See also: crack, first
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
*first crack at something
Fig. the first opportunity at doing, fixing, or having something. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~; take ~; want ~.) I'll take the first crack at it, and if I can't do it, you can try.
See also: crack, first
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- first crack at
- have (the) first crack at (something)
- give (someone) the first crack at (something)
- get the first crack at (something)
- refusal
- first refusal
- give (one) (the right of/to) first refusal
- want the first crack at (something)
- be first out of the box
- first in, best dressed