in the beginning

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in the beginning - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  in the beginning
      adv 1: with reference to the origin or beginning [syn:
             primitively, originally, in the beginning]
      2: before now; "why didn't you tell me in the first place?"
         [syn: in the first place, earlier, in the beginning,
         to begin with, originally]