tête baissée

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛt bɛ.se/ ~ /tɛt be.se/

Adverb

tête baissée

  1. headlong (with the head first or down)
    Synonym: la tête la première
  2. (figuratively) recklessly, rashly, impetuously
    foncer tête baisséeto rush headlong, to go headfirst, to shoot from the hip