to start off with en · ADV
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(not-comparable) Synonym of to begin with.
Barty, though, insisted the hype was easy to block out. “I don’t read the papers to start off with,” the Queenslander said. “I can come out here and play with freedom. Play my game.
2019 January 16, “Ashleigh Barty loses coach but wins latest Australian Open encounter”, in The Guardian: