to begin with

Adverb

 * 1) initially, at first, at the very start
 * To begin with, we moved the furniture out of the room.
 * 1) in the first place
 * Double my wages? You weren't paying me anything to begin with!
 * Double my wages? You weren't paying me anything to begin with!
 * Double my wages? You weren't paying me anything to begin with!

Synonyms

 * see Thesaurus:initially

Translations

 * Russian: для начала
 * Serbo-Croatian: za početak
 * Swedish: till att börja med,
 * Turkish: başta olmak üzere, en başından


 * Finnish: ensinnäkään, alun alkujaankaan
 * Serbo-Croatian: za početak, na početku
 * Swedish: till att börja med