out at the

out at the

heel/heels
1. Having holes in one's socks or shoes.
2. Rundown; shabby; seedy.
See also: out
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
See also:
  • you heel
  • take to (one's) heels
  • take to heels
  • take to one's heels
  • take to your heels
  • show (one's) heels
  • show heels
  • show one's heels
  • out at the heel(s)
  • cop a heel
References in classic literature
In the midst of this interview the maid rushed in to say that the master had come home, on which the wife, knowing that he would come straight down to the cottage, hurried the inmates out at the back door, into the grove of fir-trees, probably, which was mentioned as standing near.
Memoirs of Sherloc Holmes
Golfers had a chance to dry out at the reception later that evening where the awards were presented.
NAMA members keep it fresh in San Diego. (2003 Agri-Marketing Conference)