"la tête la première" meaning in Français

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Adverb

IPA: \la tɛ.t‿la pʁə.mjɛʁ\ Forms: tête première, tête la première
  1. La tête avant le reste du corps.
    Sense id: fr-la_tête_la_première-fr-adv-wMPQDyQU Categories (other): Exemples en français
  2. Carrément, précipitamment. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: fr-la_tête_la_première-fr-adv-SNlB1ClE Categories (other): Métaphores en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tête baissée, bille en tête Derived forms: se jeter la tête la première, tomber la tête la première Translations: kopfüber (Allemand), Hals über Kopf (Allemand), headlong (Anglais), glavom naprijed (Croate), nurin niskoin (Finnois), headling (Moyen anglais), de cabeça (Portugais)

Alternative forms

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