show a clean pair of heels

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show a clean pair of heels (third-person singular simple present shows a clean pair of heels, present participle showing a clean pair of heels, simple past showed a clean pair of heels, past participle shown a clean pair of heels)

1. (idiomatic) To run away; to make an escape quickly.
   • 1959 March, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 133:

     But in the second column the "Britannia" Pacific , though with one coach less, showed a cleaner pair of heels, [...].