call (someone) to heel

To force someone to obey one's wishes or commands; to make someone act in accordance with one's authority. The CEO was quick to call the junior board member to heel after the latter spoke out of turn at the annual general meeting. Sir, the members of your squad are all out of control. You need to call them to heel right away!

词组	call (someone) to heel
释义	call (someone) to heel call (someone) to heel To force someone to obey one's wishes or commands; to make someone act in accordance with one's authority. The CEO was quick to call the junior board member to heel after the latter spoke out of turn at the annual general meeting. Sir, the members of your squad are all out of control. You need to call them to heel right away! See also: call, heel Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: be replaced by (someone or something) be replaced with (someone or something) at (one's) doorstep at doorstep at expense at somebody's expense at someone's expense at (one's) expense be remembered as (something) be remembered as/for something
随便看	let somebody off the hook let somebody/something go let somebody/something loose let somebody stew let someone down let someone down gently let (someone) in on the act let (someone) loose (on something) let someone off the hook let (someone or oneself) in for let (someone or something) get out let (someone or something) get out of (something) let (someone or something) go let (someone or something) into (something or some place) let (someone or something) loose let (someone or something) past let (someone or something) slip through (one's) fingers let someone stew in their own juice let (something) drop let something drop let (something) fall let something lie let (something) lie let (something) loose let (something or someone) slide