Is "first" redundant?

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In my judgment, there is reason to believe that the Liew family, upon realising her unhappiness, took the pre-emptive first step to terminate her employment suddenly without giving her sufficient time to pack, in the hope that Ms Parti would not use the time to make a complaint to MOM,” Justice Chan added.

Is "first" redundant?

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[+3] - hightor - 09/08/2020"First step" is a commonly used term and "pre-emptive first step" is not redundant.

@tanguatlay,

"First step" is a commonly used term and "pre-emptive first step" is not redundant.

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@hightor,

hightor wrote:

"First step" is a commonly used term and "pre-emptive first step" is not redundant.

Seconding this. It may not be needed but it does add a certain emphasis to the sentence.

Is "first" redundant?

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