to start off
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Selling pot allowed me to get through college and make enough money to start off in comedy.
I wouldn't encourage new writers to start off publishing through electronic media... it still isn't wide enough for the readership they would need to get a good start.
You're irritating me. It's not a good thing to start off by irritating the person who's supposed to decide your case.
Next year I'm going to be a guesting soloist with orchestras all over Europe, to start off with.
I've just started school again, and it was a bit strange to start off with; it took me three or four days to get used to it. My friends have been great, they've been treating me normally.
Basic moral values must therefore first be internalised in the hearts and minds of its people before we can hope to enforce legislation reflecting these values. We cannot begin to observe man-made laws if we do not have any moral values to start off with in the first place.