turn on one's heel

Leave, as in When I inquired about his sister, he turned on his heel and walked away. This idiom alludes to making a sharp about-face similar to a military step but here usually implies a sudden departure. It was first recorded in 1751.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Yevpraksiya	-	Russian
Heddwyn	-	Welsh
Unity	YUW-ni-tee	English (Rare)
Christa	KRIS-tah (German), KRIS-tə (English)	German, Danish, English
Ashfield	['æʃi:ld]
Ezgİ	-	Turkish