at first

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Prepositional phrase

1. (idiomatic) Initially; at the start.

   If at first you don't succeed, do it like your father told you.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:initially

Translations

• French: d'abord
• German: zuerst, zunächst, anfänglich
• Italian: dapprima
• Portuguese: a princípio
• Russian: снача́ла
• Spanish: al principio

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