First Off

Definition: First Off

1. Before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake".

Synonyms: first (adv), first of all (adv), firstly (adv), foremost (adv). (additional references)

Domain

Usage

First off, I wouldn't live in the same state where we pull our jobs. (Bonnie and Clyde; writing credit: David Newman; Robert Benton)

First off, you should know, right away, before there's any misunderstanding - I'm a demon. (Angel; writing credit: Let�cia Dornelles)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	I thought that you would send me away, so I told first off who I am.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Phil McGraw	Well, first off, you'd be amazed how much I agree with what they say sometimes, because sometimes there are problems that are terribly, terribly complex. So I would embrace their ideology in that regard many times.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "first off"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Hungarian		első pillantásra (at a glance, at first glance, at first sight, at the first blush, at the first glance, at the first go-off, on the face of it), első látásra (at first sight, at the first blush, at the first glance, at the first go-off, to click). (various references)

Pig Latin		irstfay offay

Romanian		întâi şi întâi. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "f-f-f-i-o-r-s-t"
	-2 letters: fortis, soffit.
	-3 letters: first, foist, forts, frits, frost, riffs, rifts, riots, rotis, stiff, tiffs, tiros, toffs, torsi, trios, trois.
	-4 letters: firs, fist, fits, fort, frit, offs, orts, riff, rifs, rift, riot, roti, rots, sift, soft, sori, sort, stir, tiff, tiro, toff, tori, tors, trio.
	-5 letters: fir, fit, for, fro, iff, ifs, its, off, oft.
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