to start with

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   at the beginning

   I had a casual, friendly conversation with him to start with...

   They like to start with the ears.

In the movies · 4

• If I'm not here to start with, just start moving around.Creed2015
• I had a casual, friendly conversation with him to start with...The Thin Blue Line1988
• Well, then he'd have to join the club and pay the membership fee to start with.Double Indemnity1944
• So who do you want to start with?Funny Games2007
• We need to start with the weaker ones.Dune: Part Two2024
• They like to start with the ears.Extraction2020
• it has to start with honestyThe Invisible Man2020
• Are you sure you want to start with him?X-Men: The Last Stand2006

Learn it in full scenes

• Creed2015
  • Adonis Asks Rocky to Train Him
  • Adonis and Bianca's First Date
  • Rocky Agrees to Train Adonis
• The Thin Blue Line1988
  • Randall Meets David at the Gas Station
  • Detective Forces Adams to Sign
  • Officer Wood Shot at Traffic Stop
• Double Indemnity1944
  • Walter Meets Phyllis
  • Neff Flirts With Phyllis
  • Keyes Busts Garlopis's Fake Claim

From the same entry

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

More idioms

• drop the ball
• breathe down neck
• no harm done
• lord
• run for it
• make sick
• what has got into
• straight up
• in secret
• from the heart
• nice one
• go far