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
Gale (1)	GAYL	English
Kayin (2)	-	Biblical Hebrew
Dareia	-	Late Greek
EncarnaciÓN	en-kahr-nah-THYON (Spanish), en-kahr-nah-SYON (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Ranjit	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali
Sigfrid (1)	SEEG-freed	Swedish