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
Raisa (1)	rah-EE-sah	Russian
Ikram	-	Arabic
Mirjam	MIR-yahm (German), MEER-yahm (Finnish)	Dutch, German, Finnish, Estonian, Slovene
Rob	RAHB (English), RAWB (Dutch)	English, Dutch
Gallo	GAHL-lo	Italian
Colton	['kəultən]