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1 take to one's heels
(to run away: The thief took to his heels.) a-şi lua picioarele la spinare -
2 heel
[hi:l] 1. noun1) (the back part of the foot: I have a blister on my heel.) călcâi2) (the part of a sock etc that covers this part of the foot: I have a hole in the heel of my sock.) călcâi3) (the part of a shoe, boot etc under or round the heel of the foot: The heel has come off this shoe.) călcâi; toc2. verb1) (to put a heel on (a shoe etc).) a pune tocuri2) ((usually with over) (of ships) to lean to one side: The boat heeled over in the strong wind.) a se apleca•- - 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 your heels — mainly literary phrase to run away from someone, especially because you have done something wrong Thesaurus: to escape from a place or situationsynonym to runsynonym Main entry: heel * * * take to your heels : to begin to run away … Useful english dictionary
take to your heels — If you take to your heels, you run away … The small dictionary of idiomes
take to your heels — take to (your) heels to run away quickly. As soon as they saw the soldiers coming, they took to their heels … New idioms dictionary
take one's heels — escape, flee, run away … English contemporary dictionary
take to your heels — mainly literary to run away from someone, especially because you have done something wrong … English dictionary
To take to the heels — Heel Heel, n. [OE. hele, heele, AS. h[=e]la, perh. for h[=o]hila, fr. AS. h[=o]h heel (cf. {Hough}); but cf. D. hiel, OFries. heila, h[=e]la, Icel. h[ae]ll, Dan. h[ae]l, Sw. h[ a]l, and L. calx. [root]12. Cf. {Inculcate}.] 1. The hinder part of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
take to heels — take to (your) heels to run away quickly. As soon as they saw the soldiers coming, they took to their heels … New idioms dictionary
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