first off

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first off

adverb

idiomatic, not comparable, sequence Firstly; before anything else. Often used to introduce the first in a list of points to be made in conversation.
Similar: first, firstly, first of all, first up, all Thesaurus:firstly

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@misc{first_off_2026,
  title = {first off},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/first%20off},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}