feet first

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feet first

adverb feet-first

not comparable, of the movement or transportation of a person or animal With the feet preceding the rest of the body.
Similar: footling, footling breech · Opposite: head first
euphemistic, idiomatic, not comparable In the manner of a deceased person (i.e., dead). "If that door opens and any one of you cusses lets on there's anything unusual, right here and then I sure start plugging. They ain't a soul'll get out the room except feet first."

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adv with the feet preceding the rest of the body

Español	con los pies por delante
Deutsch	mit den Füßen voran
Русский	вперёд нога́ми vperjód nogámi, нога́ми вперёд nogámi vperjód

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@misc{feet_first_2026,
  title = {feet first},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/feet%20first},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}