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
Swanahilda	-	Ancient Germanic
Aiolos	-	Greek Mythology
Aynur	-	Turkish, Azerbaijani, Uyghur
BendegÚZ	-	Hungarian
Iokua	-	Hawaiian
Henriette	awn-ree-ET (French), hen-ree-E-tə (German), hen-ree-ED-de (Danish), hen-ree-ET-te (Norwegian)	French, German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian