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headfirst

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head⋅first

  [hed-furst]
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–adverb
1. with the head in front or bent forward; headforemost: He dived headfirst into the sea.
2. rashly; precipitately.
Origin:
1820–30; head + first
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head·first   (hěd'fûrst')   
adv.  

  1. With the head leading; headlong: went headfirst down the stairs.

  2. Impetuously; brashly.

head'first' adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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