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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
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Wen
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Chinese
Anapa
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Egyptian Mythology
Niels (2)
NEELS
Dutch
Miley
MIE-lee
English (Modern)
Evalyn
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English
Patti
['patti]
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