('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'!
(..) Yeah. And it looks like Pedro's gonna be out till September . Jimmy says he'll be back this year, but the Doc didn't seem so sure. When's the Pats opener? Is that, uh, everyone? - Yes, that's it. - Okay. Good. Thank you. Uh, did everyone read Eileen McNamara's column this weekend? (..)2015 Spotlight