Idiom
begin with
first or most importantly.To begin with, I don't have enough money to take a trip to Europe this summer.
Related vocabulary: for starters, for openers
Phr V
begin with
begins, beginning, began, begun
begin (sth) with (sth)
to begin something in a particular way, or to be the way in which something beginsHe always began his classes with a prayer.There were six of us to begin with and then two left.The essay begins with a section on religion.