for a start

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   used to emphasize the first of a list of reasons, opinions, etc.

   The name, for a start.

In the movies · 8

• You could have a new roof, for a start.Downton Abbey: A New Era2022
• Well, we're on the eve of my wedding, for a start.Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father2008
• The name, for a start.24 Hour Party People2002
• Just for a start.The House with a Clock in Its Walls2018
• For a start...The Martian2015
• Kings don't need advice From little hornbills for a startThe Lion King2019
• For a start, he was family.Lord of War2005
• Well for a start you can give me your left armThe Machinist2004

Learn it in full scenes

• Downton Abbey: A New Era2022
  • Violet Gives Sybbie a French Villa
  • Jack Barber Pitches Filming at Downton
  • Hollywood Comes to Downton
• 24 Hour Party People2002
  • Tony Wilson Names the Factory
  • Tony Wilson Names Joy Division
  • Tony Wilson Announces the US Tour

From the same entry

• don't start
• get started
• you, he, she, started it
• to start with
• alarm bells ring ringing
• get the ball rolling
• get off on the right foot
• start back
• start off
• start off
• start on

More idioms

• for benefit
• would you believe
• give it up
• fuck me
• put your mind to
• against your will
• around the clock
• every time
• get the picture
• over head
• be a believer in
• be on your best behaviour