for a start
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for a start (not comparable)
- For one thing; as one rebutting factor among many.
- He can't be staring at you. For a start, he's asleep.
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- “for a start”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “for a start”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “for a start” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.