referring to the first participant(s) in a game, contest, debate, etc. to gain an advantage over their opponent; to score first points in any competition
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- Used since the 17th century to figuratively mean, first to score, it obviously alludes to the first shedding of blood in a sword fight, or the initial wound or casualty in any physical skirmish or conflict.
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