for openers

for openers mainly american phrase

used for beginning a statement or discussion

For openers, where were you last night?

Thesaurus: ways of starting a statement or conversation_synonym

Main entry: opener

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for openers, the car is roomier than the old model

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for openers

informal : as the first thing to be thought about or said : to begin with

She began by asking what we'd done with her money. And that was just for openers!

(chiefly US) “What didn't you like about my poem?” “Well, for openers [=for starters], I hated the title.”

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Main Entry: ↑opener

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for ˈopeners idiom

(informal, especially NAmE) as a beginning or first part of a process

Syn: ↑for starters

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For openers, the band played a track from their new album.

Main entry: ↑opener_idiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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for openers — [adv] as a beginning first off, for starters, to begin with; concepts 815,833 … New thesaurus
for openers — ► for openers informal to start with; first of all. Main Entry: ↑opener … English terms dictionary
For openers — begin with; for starters: Well, for openers, the guy is a known Melrose Place watcher … Dictionary of Australian slang
for openers — Australian Slang begin with; for starters: Well, for openers, the guy is a known Melrose Place watcher … English dialects glossary
for openers — mainly American used for beginning a statement or discussion For openers, where were you last night? … English dictionary
for openers — as a first activity, to begin For openers, let s discuss the budget. It s very important … English idioms
for openers — as a beginning. For openers, we have a staff of 10 just to handle the billing. Related vocabulary: to begin with … New idioms dictionary
for openers — for starters, to begin with, first of all, firstly, first and foremost … English contemporary dictionary
for openers — phrasal to begin with … New Collegiate Dictionary
for openers — informal to start with; first of all. → opener … English new terms dictionary

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