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for openers
Idioms and Phrases
Also, for starters . To begin with. For example, Out of 50 possible jurors they eliminated 30, for openers , or She believed him, which indicated, for starters, that she was very gullible . The word starters is also used for the appetizer or first course of a meal, as in For starters we had shrimp cocktail . [Mid-1900s]Example Sentences
And that was just for openers.
For openers, I’m hopelessly devoted to this town.
The constitutional right of women to choose an abortion and the power of states to regulate guns were quickly eviscerated, for openers.
Replacements for openers Tammy Beaumont and Danni Wyatt may have to be found, while Lauren Winfield-Hill and Georgia Elwiss, the latter possessing a central contract but not in the World Cup squad, seem set to be moved on.
For openers, I’m spending more time in increasingly casual restaurants, looking harder for more vegetarian dishes and inclined to shine a light on restaurants whose chefs aren’t household names.
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