on the heels of

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on the heels of something

Fig. soon after something. There was a rainstorm on the heels of the windstorm. The team held a victory celebration on the heels of their winning season.

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His nose gave him a varying description of the passage of the life on the heels of which he was travelling. The Call of the Wild by London, Jack View in context A sound of scrambling accompanied the song, and the spirit of the place fled away on the heels of the red-coated buck. Moon-Face and Other Stories by London, Jack View in context If the latter had been warned, he would no doubt have given Fix proof of his innocence, and satisfied him of his mistake; at least, Fix would not have continued his journey at the expense and on the heels of his master, only to arrest him the moment he set foot on English soil. Around The World In Eighty Days by Verne, Jules View in context			on the cheap on the contrary on the cusp on the cutting edge on the cutting room floor on the defensive on the dole on the dot on the double on the edge on the edge of seat on the eve of on the face of it on the face of the earth on the factory floor on the fast track on the fence on the firing line on the fly on the fringe on the fritz on the front burner on the front line of on the front lines of on the good side of on the heels of on the hoof on the horizon on the horns of a dilemma on the hot seat on the hour on the house on the job on the lam on the level on the line on the lookout on the loose on the margins of on the mark on the market on the mend on the merits on the money on the move on the nail on the never-never on the nod on the nose on the off chance on the off-chance			on the front burner on the front burner on the front line of on the front lines of on the gad on the gad on the gad on the gad on the go on the go on the go on the go On the Go Healthcare Inc On the Go Healthcare Inc. On the Go Healthcare, Inc. On the Go Oil Changers On the Go Video on the good side of On The Green On The Grid On the gripping hand on the ground on the ground on the ground on the ground on the ground on the grounds on the heels on the heels on the heels on the heels of on the hoof on the hoof on the hoof on the hoof on the hook On the Horizon On the Horizon on the horns of a dilemma on the horns of a dilemma on the horns of a dilemma on the horns of a dilemma on the hot seat On the Hour on the house on the house on the house on the house on the house on the house on the increase on the increase on the inside on the inside On The Internet On the jar on the job on the job on the job on the job on the job

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