turn on heel

turn on your heel

to leave quickly and suddenly She turned on her heel and went back to her room.

Etymology: based on the idea that you could quickly change the direction in which you are moving by literally turning on your heel

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lachtna	-	Irish
Antonia	ahn-TO-nyah (Italian, Spanish), an-TON-ee-ə (English), ahn-TO-nee-ah (German, Dutch), ahn-TAWN-yah (Polish)	Italian, Spanish, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Polish, Romanian, Ancient Roma
Ransu	RAHN-soo	Finnish
Apostolos	-	Greek
Merilyn	-	English
Kyung-Ja	gyung-jah	Korean