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Meanings of headfirst in English

With the head foremost.

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        Usage of headfirst in English
        1
        It is important that they come out headfirst; I don't know why.
        The red queen
        2
        All those young people, felled in groups, falling headfirst into shallow graves.
        A disobedient girl: a novel
        3
        A few days later, she skied headfirst into a tree and died.
        All the pretty dead girls
        4
        The water may be too deep for us to jump in headfirst.
        Enigma of China
        5
        His arms shot forward, and he plunged headfirst into the tossing waters.
        Welcome to Camp Nightmare
        6
        The Draw: The headfirst free-float makes up for the relatively low speed.
        Wired
        7
        I must have gone headfirst into a tree and knocked myself out.
        The Name of the Wind
        8
        He plummeted headfirst: My forehead took a direct hit to a jug.
        Rock and Ice Magazine
        9
        I reached him just as he crawled, headfirst, through the broken window.
        Monster Hunter Vendetta
        10
        Seconds later, she was flying headfirst over the top of the wall.
        Mistress of the game
        11
        Making a run for the open window, he dived through it headfirst.
        Mistress of the game
        12
        Straight afterwards I got bundled off the stage, headfirst into the crowd.
        The Guardian
        13
        He managed only a few steps before pitching headfirst to the ground.
        The grail king
        14
        The next he knew he was outside, flying headfirst through the fog.
        A feast for crows
        15
        Rivka gasped as if I'd stuck her headfirst in the icy lake.
        Body work
        16
        Ayla dove through the tunnel headfirst, as though she were swimming underwater.
        The Shelters of Stone
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        United States of America
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