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set back on one's heels
set back on one's heels
set back on one's heels
Surprise, shock, or disconcert, as in
The news of their divorce set us back on our heels
. This idiom, with its graphic image of someone being pushed back, dates from the first half of the 1900s.
See also:
back
,
heel
,
on
,
set
Common Names:
Name
Gender
Pronounced
Usage
SÌNe
SHEE-na
Scottish
EirÍKr
-
Ancient Scandinavian
Eliphalet
i-LIF-ə-let
(English)
, ee-LIF-ə-let
(English)
Biblical
Baxter
BAKS-tər
English
Zorion
-
Basque
Marceline
-
French
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