heel
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heel
1. informal A disreputable, dishonest, or unscrupulous person. Sarah's first husband turned out to be a total heel. Thank God she had the sense to leave him when she did. The salesperson was a real heel, using every dishonest trick in the book to secure a sale.
2. In professional wrestling, a wrestler who portrays the villain of the performance. I firmly believe that "Rowdy" Roddy Piper was the greatest heel in all of the WWE, and you'll never convince me otherwise. She's the classic heel, the wrestler that everybody loves to hate.
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heel
n. a low and despicable man. The guy is a heel, and he seems to work at it, too.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
- (from) top to toe
- Achilles' heel
- an Achilles heel
- an/somebody's Achilles' heel
- at (one's) heels
- at heel
- at someone's heels
- at the heels of (someone or something)
- at your heels
- at/on somebody's heels
- back on (one's) heels
- be dragging your feet
- be head over heels (in love)
- be right on (one's) heels
- be well-heeled
- beef to (the) heel
- beef to (the) heel like a Mullingar heifer
- bless the world with (one's) heels
- bring (someone) to heel
- bring a dog to heel
- bring someone to heel
- bring to heel
- call (someone) to heel
- come hard on the heels of (something)
- come hot on the heels of (something)
- come on the heels of (something)
- come to heel
- cool (one's) heels
- cool heels
- cool one's heels
- cool one's heels, to
- cool your heels
- cop a heel
- couldn't pour water out of a boot if the instructions were on the heel
- couldn't pour water out of a boot with the instructions on the heel
- dig (one's) heels in
- dig heels in
- dig in
- dig in (one's) heels
- dig in heels
- dig in your heels
- dig your heels in
- down at heel
- down at the heel
- down at the heels
- down-at-heel
- down-at-heels
- down-at-the-heel
- down-at-the-heels
- drag (one's) feet
- drag (one's) heels
- drag one's feet
- drag your feet/heels
- fall head over heels
- fall head over heels in love
- fall head over heels in love with (someone)
- from head to foot
- from head to heels
- from head to toe
- from head/top to heels/toe/foot
- from tip to heel
- hairy at the heel
- hard on (one's) heels
- hard on the heels of (someone or something)
- hard on the heels of something
- hard on your heels
- hard/hot on somebody's heels
- head over heels
- head over heels (in love), to be/fall
- head over heels in debt
- head over heels in love
- heart sinks, one's
- heel
- heeled
- heels of, at/on the
- hot on (one's) heels
- hot on the heels of
- hot on the heels of (someone or something)
- keep on (one's) heels
- kick (one's) heels
- kick (one's) heels up
- kick heels up
- kick up (one's) heels
- kick up heels
- kick up one's heels
- kick up one's heels, to
- kick up your heels
- kick your heels
- lay (one) by the heels
- lay by the heels
- nip on (someone's or something's) heels
- on (one's) heels
- on heels
- on the heels of
- on the heels of (someone or something)
- out at the elbows
- out at the heel(s)
- out at the knees
- put (one) back on (one's) heels
- right on (one's) heels
- rock (one) back on (one's) heels
- round heels
- set (one) back on (one's) heels
- set back on one's heels
- set one back on heels
- set someone back on their heels
- set you back on your heels
- show (one's) heels
- show (someone) a clean pair of heels
- show a clean pair of heels
- show heels
- show one's heels
- show someone or something a clean pair of heels
- spin on (one's) heels
- stay on (one's) heels
- take to (one's) heels
- take to heels
- take to one's heels
- take to one's heels, to
- take to your heels
- to heel
- tread on (one's) heels
- tread on somebody's heels
- turn on (one's) heel
- turn on one's heel
- turn on your heel
- turn/spin on your heel
- under (one's) heel
- under the heel of
- under the heel of (someone)
- under the heel of somebody
- upon the heels of (something)
- well-fixed
- well-heeled
- well-heeled for (a particular type of person)
- well-heeled, to be
- you heel