come to heel



come to heel

to stop behaving in a way that annoys someone in authority and to start obeying their orders A few government rebels refused to come to heel and had to be expelled from the party.
See also: come, heel

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Wilburh-Anglo-Saxon
Crocker['krɔkə]
Denisde-NEE (French), DEN-is (English), DE-nis (German)French, Russian, English, German, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Romanian, Croatian
Lug-Irish Mythology
Ibro-Bosnian
Jocelyn['dʒɔslin]