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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 |
Gyeong-Hui | | gyung-hee | Korean |
Bertilo | | - | Ancient Germanic |
Azucena | | ah-thoo-THE-nah (Spanish), ah-soo-SE-nah (Latin American Spanish) | Spanish |
Cornelia | | [kɔ:'ni:ljə] | |
Dena | | DEEN-ə | English |
Zlota | | - | Jewish (Rare) |