| 词组 | turn on (one's) heel |
| 释义 | turn on (one's) heelTo 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. turn on one's heelLeave, as in When I inquired about his sister, he turned on his heel and walked away. This idiom alludes to making a sharp about-face similar to a military step but here usually implies a sudden departure. It was first recorded in 1751. turn on your heelturn sharply round.ˌturn/ˌspin on your ˈheelsuddenly turn around and leave, often because you are angry or annoyed: Quite unexpectedly he turned on his heel and walked out of the door. |
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