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idiomheels► drag your feet/heels► show sb a clean pair of heelscome (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.dig your heels in(also dig in your heels)to refuse to change your opinions or plans, even though other people want you to:My boss wanted to abandon the project, but I dug my heels in and asked that the management look at it again.When my father wanted me to leave school and get a job, my mother dug in her heels and said, "Eva is going to university."kick up your heelsold-fashioned to enjoy yourself, especially by going to parties, dancing etc :Ella was kicking up her heels in the city, after six years at school in Vermont.kick your heels BrEBrEcool your heels AmEto be forced to spend time waiting with nothing to do:Ben's plane had not come in. I guessed he was probably still kicking his heels in a Spanish airport.The lawyers went off to discuss things, leaving me to cool my heels in the waiting room.take to your heelsto run away from someone:The men gave up trying to defend themselves and took to their heels.set/rock you back on your heels BrEBrEto make you feel less confident or hopeful:Allen couldn't get into the medical school he had applied for, and this set him back on his heels for a time."I don't know what you're talking about," I told Danny, and I could see that it rocked him back on his heels.
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heel n. a low and despicable man. The guy is a heel, and he seems to work at it, too. |