show a clean pair of heels

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show somebody a clean pair of heels (British)

to go faster than someone else in a race Butler showed them all a clean pair of heels as he raced for the finishing line.

See also: clean, heel, pair, show

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``Urge me not with violence, Sir Knight,'' said the Jester, keeping at a distance from the impatient champion, ``or Folly will show a clean pair of heels, and leave Valour to find out his way through the wood as best he may. Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context More results

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