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cool your heels

if someone leaves you to cool your heels, they force you to wait, often until you become calmer. The youths were left to cool their heels overnight in a police cell.

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cool your heels

to wait or to be kept waiting. Fans of the band were forced to cool their heels outside the theater for 90 minutes.

See also: cool, heel

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