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verb

follow, stay by one's heel, attend; see obey 1.

noun

Hind part of the foot
hock, spur, hind toe, Achilles' tendon; see also foot 2.
The portion of the shoe under the heel, sense 1
lift, heelpiece, wedgie. see also bottom 1, foundation 2.
Varieties of heels include: French, military, Cuban, low, high, spike, sensible, rubber, leather, plastic, wooden, stacked, spring, wedge;
An object resembling a heel
crust, spur, base, after-end, cyma reversa; see also bottom 1, end 4.
*A worthless individual
scamp, skunk, trickster; see rascal.

at heel

close behind, in back of, behind; see following.

cool one's heels*

be kept waiting, loiter, linger; see wait 1.

down at the heel(s)

shabby, seedy, rundown; see worn 2.

kick up one's heels

be lively, have fun, enjoy oneself; see play 1, 2.

on the heels of

close behind, in back of, behind; see following.

out at the heel(s)

shabby, seedy, rundown; see worn 2.

show one's heels

run away, flee, take flight; see escape.

take to one's heels

Antonyms run away, flee, take flight;

turn on one's heel

turn around, reverse, shift; see turn 1, 2.

See heel in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II

verb

To depart or cause to depart from true vertical or horizontal:

cant¹, incline, lean¹, list², rake², slant, slope, tilt, tip². See straight

noun

Deviation from a particular direction:

cant¹, grade, gradient, inclination, incline, lean¹, list², rake², slant, slope, tilt, tip². See rise, straight

verb

To follow closely or persistently:

dog, tag, trail. See precede

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