on\ one's\ heel

on\ one's\ heel
See: turn on one's heel

Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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  • under one's heel — {adv. phr.} In one s power or control. * /If one marriage partner always wants to keep the other person under his or her heel, it is not a happy or democratic arrangement and may lead to a divorce./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

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  • heel — heel1 [hēl] n. [ME hele < OE hela, akin to Du hiel < Gmc * hanhila < * hanha < IE base * kenk , leg joint, heel] 1. the back part of the human foot, under the ankle and behind the instep: see CALCANEUS 2. the corresponding part of the …   English World dictionary

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