feetfirst

[ feet-furst ]
/ ˈfitˈfɜrst /

adverb

with the feet foremost.
Slang. on a stretcher or in a coffin; dead.

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Origin of feetfirst

First recorded in 1945–50; feet + first

Words nearby feetfirst

feelings, feen, feet, feet of clay, feet on the ground, feetfirst, feeze, fef, fehling's solution, fei, feign
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