to heel

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English

Prepositional phrase

Into submissive agreement or compliance.
The dissident members of the party finally came to heel after the president's speech.

Interjection

An order to an animal, by its master, not to stray far from him.
Fido! Come back here! To heel!

Translations

order not to stray far

Finnish: luokse (fi), tänne (fi)
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French: au pied (fr)

Anagrams

Thoele, œthel

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