for starters

for starters

DEFINITION
informal
first of all; to start, to begin with:
"“Anything else?” “That'll do for starters.”

Translate for starters to German:

fuer den Anfang

for starters
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for starters
1. As one example or reason (out of several potential ones).
Why don't I like musicals? Well, for starters, I just can't take a story seriously when it's set to music.
I prefer shopping at brick-and-mortar shops. It's nice talking to someone in person, for starters.
2. Initially; as a beginning.
A: "I'd like to help in some way, if I can." B: "OK. For starters, you could set up chairs for the guests."
See also: for, starter
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2022 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
starters
see under for openers.
See also: starter
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.
for starters INFORMAL
1. People say for starters to introduce the first thing or things in a series of things. It'll be nicer than being at home, in some ways. No kids and dogs, for starters. There was so much I needed to know. How did my previous beliefs fit in with what I was now discovering, for starters?
2. People say for starters to talk about the first thing to be done. I'd like to punch him on the nose for starters.
See also: for, starter
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012
for starters Informal
To begin with; initially: "Deborah believes him, indicating, for starters, that she isn't the brightest" (Judith Crist).
See also: for, starter
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

for openers

See also:
starters
for one thing
for one thing,...
I, you, etc. for one
pass judgement
pass judgment
pass judgment (on someone or something)
be all (the) one (to someone)

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