first off

first off
first off
first; the first thing. (Almost the same as first of all.) •

He ordered soup first off.

First off, we'll find a place to live.

* * *
{adv. phr.}, {informal} Before anything else; first. * /First off, I want you to mow the lawn./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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