women and children first in English

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  "etymology_text": "The earliest known usage of this phrase is from 1912, when RMS Titanic was sinking.",
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      "glosses": [
        "An exhortation to follow the principle of removing women and children from danger before men."
      ],
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      "related": [
        {
          "word": "ladies first"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "exhortation",
          "word": "sinjorinoj kaj geinfanoj unue"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "exhortation",
          "word": "les femmes et les enfants d’abord"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "exhortation",
          "word": "najpierw kobiety i dzieci"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "exhortation",
          "word": "kobiety i dzieci przodem"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "exhortation",
          "word": "mulheres e crianças primeiro"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "women and children first"
}

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  "etymology_text": "The earliest known usage of this phrase is from 1912, when RMS Titanic was sinking.",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "ladies first"
    }
  ],
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      "glosses": [
        "An exhortation to follow the principle of removing women and children from danger before men."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "exhortation",
      "word": "sinjorinoj kaj geinfanoj unue"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "exhortation",
      "word": "les femmes et les enfants d’abord"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "exhortation",
      "word": "najpierw kobiety i dzieci"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "exhortation",
      "word": "kobiety i dzieci przodem"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "exhortation",
      "word": "mulheres e crianças primeiro"
    }
  ],
  "word": "women and children first"
}

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"women and children first" meaning in English

Phrase