sooner the better, the

sooner the better, the idiom
As quickly or early as possible, as in As for stopping that check, the sooner the better. This idiom was first recorded in 1477.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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