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A n1 Anat ( of foot) talon m ; to turn on one's heel tourner les talons ; a puppy at his heel(s) un chiot sur ses talons ; to bring a dog to heel rappeler un chien ; ‘heel boy!’ ‘au pied!’ ; to bring [sb] to heel fig mater [rebel] ; mettre [qn] au pas [dissident, child, employee] ; to come to heel [dog] venir au pied ; [person] fig se soumettre ;3 ( of hand) talon m ;4 (of loaf, plant cutting) talon m ;C vtr1 ( repair) refaire un talon à [shoe] ;2 Sport talonner [ball].to cool ou kick one's heels attendre, faire le pied de grue ○ ; we left him to cool his heels for an hour nous l'avons laissé poireauter ○ pendant une heure ; to dig in one's heels, to dig one's heel in ( mulishly) se braquer ; I'm prepared to dig my heels in on ou over this je ne suis pas prêt à faire des compromis là-dessus ; to fall ou go head over heels ( tumble) culbuter ; to fall/be head over heels in love with sb tomber/être éperdument amoureux de qn ; to be hard ou close on sb's heels être aux talons de qn ; to be hot on sb's heels talonner qn ; to come ou follow hard on the heels of sth suivre de près qch ; to kick up one's heels se défouler ○ ; to show a clean pair of heels, to take to one's heels hum prendre ses jambes à son cou, s'enfuir.■ heel in:
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cool one's heels — {v. phr.}, {slang} To be kept waiting by another s pride or rudeness; be forced to wait by someone in power or authority; wait. * /He cooled his heels for an hour in another room before the great man would see him./ * /I was left to cool my heels … Dictionary of American idioms
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