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1 take to one's heels
(to run away: The thief took to his heels.) wziąć nogi za pas -
2 heel
[hiːl] 1. n 2. vtdorabiać (dorobić perf) obcas or obcasy do +gento bring to heel — przywoływać (przywoływać perf) do nogi ( fig) zmuszać (zmusić perf) do posłuszeństwa
to take to one's heels ( inf) — brać (wziąć perf) nogi za pas, dawać (dać perf) nogę (inf)
* * *[hi:l] 1. noun1) (the back part of the foot: I have a blister on my heel.) pięta2) (the part of a sock etc that covers this part of the foot: I have a hole in the heel of my sock.) pięta3) (the part of a shoe, boot etc under or round the heel of the foot: The heel has come off this shoe.) obcas2. verb1) (to put a heel on (a shoe etc).) dorobić obcas2) ((usually with over) (of ships) to lean to one side: The boat heeled over in the strong wind.) przechylać się•- - heeled- at/on one's heels
- kick one's heels
- take to one's heels
- to heel
- turn on one's heel
См. также в других словарях:
take to one's heels — also[show a clean pair of heels] {v. phr.} To begin to run or run away. * /When he heard the police coming, the thief took to his heels./ … Dictionary of American idioms
take to one's heels — also[show a clean pair of heels] {v. phr.} To begin to run or run away. * /When he heard the police coming, the thief took to his heels./ … Dictionary of American idioms
take\ to\ one's\ heels — • take to one s heels • show a clean pair of heels v. phr. To begin to run or run away. When he heard the police coming, the thief took to his heels … Словарь американских идиом
take to one's heels — index flee Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
take to one's heels — ► take to one s heels run away. Main Entry: ↑heel … English terms dictionary
take to one's heels — RUN AWAY, run off, make a run for it, take flight, take off, make a break for it, flee, make one s getaway, escape; informal beat it, clear off, vamoose, skedaddle, split, cut and run, leg it, hotfoot it, show a clean pair of heels, scram; Brit.… … Useful english dictionary
take to one's heels — idi take to one s heels, to run away; take flight … From formal English to slang
take to one's heels — verb To leave; especially, to flee or run away. The thief took to his heels when he thought he heard someone coming … Wiktionary
take to one's heels — Flee, fly, run away, take to flight … New dictionary of synonyms
take to one's heels — run away. → heel … English new terms dictionary
to one's heels — See: TAKE TO ONE S HEELS … Dictionary of American idioms