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down-at-heel

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down-at-heel (British, American & Australian, American)

badly dressed or in a bad condition because of a lack of money. When I first met her she was down-at-heel but still respectable. The play was set in a down-at-heel hotel in post-war Germany.

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down the toilet
down the tube/tubes
down to the wire
down tools
Down Under
down-and-dirty
down-and-out

down-at-heel
down-home
down-to-earth
dozen
drag
drag feet
drag feet/heels
drag heels

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