first off in English

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      "expansion": "first off (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
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        "Firstly; before anything else. Often used to introduce the first in a list of points to be made in conversation."
      ],
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        "(sequence, idiomatic) Firstly; before anything else. Often used to introduce the first in a list of points to be made in conversation."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "first"
        },
        {
          "word": "firstly"
        },
        {
          "word": "first of all"
        },
        {
          "word": "first up"
        },
        {
          "word": "all Thesaurus:firstly"
        }
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "first off"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "first off (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English sequence adverbs",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English uncomparable adverbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Firstly; before anything else. Often used to introduce the first in a list of points to be made in conversation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Firstly",
          "firstly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sequence, idiomatic) Firstly; before anything else. Often used to introduce the first in a list of points to be made in conversation."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "not-comparable",
        "sequence"
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    }
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    {
      "word": "first"
    },
    {
      "word": "firstly"
    },
    {
      "word": "first of all"
    },
    {
      "word": "first up"
    },
    {
      "word": "all Thesaurus:firstly"
    }
  ],
  "word": "first off"
}

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"first off" meaning in English

Adverb