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heel

n. a low and despicable man. The guy is a heel, and he seems to work at it, too.

See:

• Achilles' heel
• an Achilles' heel
• at (one's) heels
• at heels
• at someone's heels
• be head over heels
• be head over heels (in love)
• beef to (the) heel
• beef to (the) heel like a Mullingar heifer
• bless the world with (one's) heels
• bring a dog to heel
• bring to heel
• call (someone) to heel
• come to heel
• cool heels
• cool one's heels
• cop a heel
• dig heels in
• dig in
• dig in (one's) heels
• dig in heels
• down at the heel
• down-at-heel
• down-at-heels
• down-at-the-heel
• down-at-the-heels
• drag feet
• drag heels
• drag one's feet
• fall head over heels
• fall head over heels in love
• from head to toe
• hard on heels
• hard on the heels of
• head over heels
• head over heels in debt
• head over heels in love
• heart sinks, one's
• heel
• heeled
• hot on heels
• kick heels
• kick heels up
• kick up heels
• kick up one's heels
• lay by the heels
• on heels
• on the heels of
• out at the elbows
• round heels
• set back on one's heels
• set one back on heels
• show a clean pair of heels
• show heels
• show one's heels
• take to heels
• take to one's heels
• to heel
• turn on heel
• turn on one's heel
• under heel
• upon the heels of
• well-fixed
• well-heeled
• you heel