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Synonyms for heel

end

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swine

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bring something or someone to heel

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subjugate
master
suppress
put down
tame
subdue
quell
hold sway over
bring (someone) to their knees
bring under the yoke

hard on the heels of something or someone

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straight after
immediately after
right behind
following on from

take to your heels

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flee
escape
run away or off
take flight
hook it
turn tail
show a clean pair of heels
skedaddle
vamoose

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Synonyms for heel

to follow closely or persistently

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to depart or cause to depart from true vertical or horizontal

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deviation from a particular direction

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Synonyms for heel

the bottom of a shoe or boot

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the back part of the human foot

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someone who is morally reprehensible

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one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread

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the lower end of a ship's mast

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(golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft

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tilt to one side

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list

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follow at the heels of a person

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perform with the heels

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strike with the heel of the club

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put a new heel on

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reheel

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