first blush

/fərst bləʃ/
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Other forms: first blushes

Definitions of first blush
  1. noun
    at the first glimpse or impression
    “at first blush the idea possesses considerable intuitive appeal but on closer examination it fails”
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    type of:
    belief, feeling, impression, notion, opinion
    a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
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