Definition of "feet first" [feet first]

• With the feet preceding the rest of the body. (adverb)
• In the manner of a deceased person (i.e., dead). (adverb)

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• "He arrived there feet first in one of those casual spaceman's somersaults that made an Earthbound mortal sick-physically and mentally with fear-and, looking up, was in time to see a ripple of bright flares along the flanks of the Gershmi light cruiser."
• "He inched along feet first — unable to turn — trying to make as little noise as he could, though he was forced to stop once, preventing by sheer force of will the voiding of his stomach — jaw clenched against the rising bile, huffing like a wounded horse through his scarred nasal passages."
• "With an unceremonious galumph, Ollie landed feet first up to his thighs in a mud hole next to the river."