first off

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   before anything else

   First off, Reggie,

In the movies · 15

• Smalls, first off, get your damn feet off my furniture.Raising Arizona1987
• - What are you doing here? - First off, I am a big fan.Ant-Man2015
• - Mm. Mm. - First off, I want to give him a mustache.Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood2019
• First off, Reggie,Bad Boys for Life2020
• First off, welcome back.Lightyear2022
• First off, I love my kids.Daddy's Home2015
• First off, you throw like a bunny.Zootopia2016
• First off, I missed you.The Other Guys2010

From the same entry

• there's a first time for everything
• at first
• come first
• first and foremost
• first and last
• first come, first served
• first of all
• first up
• put first
• feet first
• head first
• safety first

More idioms

• fly out the window
• have in mind
• if all else fails
• not hear the end of it
• so much for
• stand a chance
• clean up your act
• i give you that
• live in the past
• for certain
• every inch
• have a heart of gold