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- on heels
on heels
*on someone's heels
Fig. following someone very closely; following very closely at someone's heels. (*Typically: hard ~; hot ~; right ~. See also on someone's tail.) I ran as fast as I could, but the dog was still hard on my heels. Here comes Sally, and John is hot on her heels.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Joselyn | | JAHS-lin, JAHS-ə-lin | English (Modern) |
Ignacia | | eeg-NAH-thyah (Spanish), eeg-NAH-syah (Latin American Spanish) | Spanish |
Riko | | ṙee-ko | Japanese |
Beulah | | ['bju:lə] | |
Marian | | ['mɛəriən] | |
Eleftherios | | - | Greek |