feet first
How divers enter
Feet first describes entering or being moved with the feet leading rather than the head—the position of a body being carried to burial.
They'll carry me out of here feet first means someone won't leave voluntarily while alive.
To jump in feet first is to commit fully without hesitation, suggesting boldness or recklessness: She dove into the project feet first.
- morgueCorpse holding facility
- body bagContainer for transporting corpses
- plungeSudden steep descent
- take the plungeCommit after hesitation
- leap of faithTrust without verification
stretcher · slide · slip and fall · step · dead · splash · toes · jump · soles · heels · coffin · burial · corpse · undertaker · carried out · entry · landing · tuck
- fetal positionsvertex, breech, cephalic, transverse, head down
- divingscuba, scuba diving, dive mask, dive helmet, diving bells
body orientation in movement or entry
feet firstheadfirst
Entering crown-first
head first · headlong · nose-first · face-first · diving
approach or engagement style (figurative)
feet firstheadfirst
Entering crown-first
head first · headlong · recklessly · impetuously · rashly