('chiefly US') “What didn't you like about my poem?” “Well, 'for openers' [='for starters'], I hated the title.”
This game will be the season 'opener' [=the first game of the season] for both teams.
She began by asking what we'd done with her money. And that was just 'for openers'!
(..) you are chained to that desk. - Well, what if I need to- - What? No. One time an assistant left the desk because she sliced her hand open with a letter opener... and Miranda missed Lagerfeld... just before he boarded a -hour flight to Australia. She now works at TVGuide. (..)2006 The Devil Wears Prada