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
Zoticus-Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Vijay-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Punjabi
Epona-Celtic Mythology
AlaoisAL-eeshIrish
Nosipho-Southern African, Zulu
Maytal-Hebrew