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feet first

feet first adverb: with the feet preceding the rest of the body.

Adverb

feet first (not comparable)

  1. With the feet preceding the rest of the body.
    Synonyms:
    footling, footling breech
    Antonyms:
    head first
  2. (euphemistic, idiomatic) 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."1910, Jack London, chapter 4, in Burning Daylight
    • "‘Anybody resigns from us resigns feet first, understand?’ he tells me. So I didn't resign."1943 October 18, “How to Be a Racketeer”, in TIME, archived from the original on 14 Dec 2008

feet first meaning in Bengali

feet first in Bengali

একজন মৃত ব্যক্তির মতো

Synonyms of feet first

Antonyms

Forms of feet first

alternative formfeet-first

Questions about feet first

What does feet first mean?
Feet first means with the feet preceding the rest of the body.
What is feet first in Bengali?
Feet first in Bengali is একজন মৃত ব্যক্তির মতো. See Feet first meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is feet first?
Feet first is an adverb.

Words near feet first in the dictionary

  1. feeses
  2. feesh
  3. feesing
  4. feet
  5. feet dry
  6. feet first
  7. feet of clay
  8. feet on the ground
  9. feet per second
  10. feet wet
  11. feet-first

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