call (someone) to heel

To force someone to obey one's wishes or commands; to make someone act in accordance with one's authority. The CEO was quick to call the junior board member to heel after the latter spoke out of turn at the annual general meeting. Sir, the members of your squad are all out of control. You need to call them to heel right away!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
VÍT	VEE:T	Czech, Slovak
Mcnally	[mik'næli:]
Gholam	-	Persian
Kaycee	KAY-see	English (Modern)
Pliny	PLIN-ee (English)	History
Antonia	ahn-TO-nyah (Italian, Spanish), an-TON-ee-ə (English), ahn-TO-nee-ah (German, Dutch), ahn-TAWN-yah (Polish)	Italian, Spanish, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Polish, Romanian, Ancient Roma