"feet first" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

Audio: en-au-feet first.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} feet first (not comparable)
  1. (of the movement or transportation of a person or animal) With the feet preceding the rest of the body. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Death Synonyms: feet-first Related terms: dead, turn up one's toes
    Sense id: en-feet_first-en-adv-M8k7g9ck Disambiguation of Death: 53 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 83 17 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 79 21
  2. (idiomatic, euphemistic) In the manner of a deceased person (i.e., dead). Tags: euphemistic, idiomatic, not-comparable Categories (topical): Death
    Sense id: en-feet_first-en-adv-QgoweD3s Disambiguation of Death: 53 47 Categories (other): English euphemisms
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Translations): con los pies por delante (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'Translations': 52 48

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