hot on someone's heels

English

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Adjective

hot on someone's heels (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) Close behind; pursuing or following closely.

   She left the restaurant with him hot on her heels.

   • 2012 April 9, Mandeep Sanghera, “Tottenham 1 - 2 Norwich”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Newcastle beat Bolton to increase the pressure on the Londoners, while Chelsea are also hot on the heels of faltering Tottenham, who have one win from their last eight games.

Translations

close behind

• Finnish: olla kintereillä
• French: aux trousses de (fr)
• German: dicht auf den Fersen
• Italian: alle calcagna
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• Russian: (verb) ^{(please verify)} дыша́ть в заты́лок (dyšátʹ v zatýlok), (verb) ^{(please verify)} наступа́ть на пятки (nastupátʹ na pjatki), ^{(please verify)} на хвосте (na xvoste)
• Swedish: hack i häl (sv)