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idiomcome (hard/hot) on the heels of sth(also follow (hard/hot) on the heels of sth)used in order to say that something happens soon after something else, especially when both things make a situation worse:The letter bomb addressed to Dawson came on the heels of a series of attacks on civil rights workers.The stock market took a dive this morning, following hot on the heels of a steep drop in share prices in the Hong Kong markets.
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