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Definition first of all in British English

first of all phrase

phrase
1

used for introducing the first of several things that you are going to say

Example

First of all, I'd like to give you a little background information.

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2

before doing anything else

Example

First of all, clean the surface that you are going to paint.

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Definition first of all in British English