turn/spin on your heel
turn on (one's) heel
To suddenly leave or depart. After walking in on an obviously private conversation, I turned on my heel and stepped right back out of the room. Several high-profile sponsors have turned on their heels following the athlete's controversial statements.
See also: heel, on, turn
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
turn on your heel
turn sharply round.See also: heel, on, turn
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
ˌturn/ˌspin on your ˈheel
suddenly turn around and leave, often because you are angry or annoyed: Quite unexpectedly he turned on his heel and walked out of the door.See also: heel, on, spin, turn
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- turn on (one's) heel
- turn on one's heel
- turn on your heel
- spin on (one's) heels
- depart
- depart for (some place)
- depart for some place
- cop a heel
- depart this life
- you heel