bring/call (someone) to heel

to force someone to obey you.

He decided that threatening to sue the publishers was the easiest way of bringing them to heel.

• well-to-do
• Well what do you know!
• went gone out with the ark
• Were ears burning?
• Were your ears burning?
• wet behind the ears
• wet blanket
• wet dream
• wet whistle
• wet your whistle
• We've got a right one here!
• whale of a
• whale of a bill
• whale of a difference
• whale of a job
• whale of a party
• whale of a problem
• whale of a something
• whale of a story
• what beats me
• What don't know won't hurt .
• What don't know won't hurt you.
• what do you know
• what do you know!
• whatever floats boat