Synonyms for to begin with
to be·gin with

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1. in the first place, earlier, in the beginning, to begin with, originallyadverb

   before now

   "why didn't you tell me in the first place?"

   Synonyms:
   in the beginning, primitively, in the first place, originally, before, sooner, earlier, primarily

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1. to start with

   'to start with' equals 'to begin with'

   "if you start with (begin with) this award, it'll be a great success"

   Submitted by rinat on September 4, 2019  

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1. Eric Brewer:

   One of the big concerns that I have is that we're effectively proving to Iran that it should have never signed up to this type of arrangement to begin with.

2. Mike Rounds:

   I already think that the fact that we've got eight to one on the Supreme Court that indicated that it's not coming up, probably makes it a moot question to begin with.

3. Jesse Lair:

   If you want something very, very badly, let it go free. If it comes back to you, it's yours forever. If it doesn't, it was never yours to begin with.

4. Miriam Carey:

   My sister didn't breach security, she made a U-turn and she was ultimately gunned down, there shouldn't have been a chase to begin with.

5. Mark Gray:

   Many Catholics probably felt that the pope’s comments were not a directive on how they should vote or who they should support, and still others may never have been aware of the pope’s comments to begin with.