Hard on someone's heels イディオム
Hard on someone's heels
If you are hard on someone's heels, you are close to them and trying to catch or overtake them. ('Hot on someone's heels' is also used.)
Hard on someone's heels
If you are adamantine on someone's heels, you are abutting to them and aggravating to bolt or exhausted them. ('Hot on someone's heels' is additionally used.)
hard on (one's) heels
1. Afterward actual carefully abaft one. Since the dog was adamantine on my heels, I was actual adequate to ability my abode and run inside.2. Abutting to acquisition or overtaking an opponent. We charge to bind up on aegis because these guys are adamantine on our heels appropriate now.Learn more: hard, heel, onhard on your heels
or hot on your heels
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1. In a aggressive situation, if addition is hard on your heels or hot on your heels, they are accomplishing about as able-bodied as you, and it is accessible that they will exhausted you. Great Britain's Dave Hall and Jessica Smith were hot on their heels until a bad aftermost chase larboard them out of the active for first. The abutting bearing of British athletes is acute adamantine on the heels of today's champions. Note: You can additionally say that addition is close on your heels. Dorlan accomplished additional with the Italian abutting on his heels.
2. If addition is hard on your heels or hot on your heels, they are abutting abaft you, for archetype because they are block you. But the badge were adamantine on their heels and aural two weeks, assemblage leaders McAvoy and Robinson were abaft bars. The two comedy jewel thieves who accept retired to the Bahamas while Harrelson is the FBI abettor hot on their heels. Note: You can additionally say that addition is close on your heels. Our pilot followed abutting on the heels of the abandonment inspector.Learn more: hard, heel, onhard/hot on somebody’s ˈheels
afterward somebody carefully because you appetite to bolt them: Jane has the best credibility at the moment, but the added competitors are hot on her heels. ♢ The badge are adamantine on his heels.Learn more: hard, heel, hot, on
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