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
Fenton['fentən]
Dae-Jungday-joongKorean
LizzyLIZ-eeEnglish
GeroGE-ro (German)German, Ancient Germanic
Elisee-LEE-zə (German), e-LEE-se (Norwegian, Danish, Swedish), i-LEES (English), i-LEEZ (English)German, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Dutch, English
HannibalHAN-i-bəl (English)Ancient Near Eastern (Latinized), History