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bring to heel

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bring someone to heel

to force someone to obey you. Western politicians opposed the president's effort to bring the Supreme Court to heel.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of bring to heel (= to order a dog to walk close behind you)

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will catch up to him and, by pressuring their respective governments, bring to heel this international outlaw. The boy king and his war. (Comment) by The Progressive More results

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