pair

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TAKE TO ONE'S HEELS also SHOW A CLEAN PAIR OF HEELS.

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take to one's heels

[take to one's heels] also [show a clean pair of heels] {v. phr.} To begin to run or run away. * /When he heard the police coming, the thief took […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

heel

[heel] See: [AT ONE'S HEELS], [COOL ONE'S HEELS], [DOWN AT-THE-HEEL] or [DOWN-AT-HEEL], [DRAG ONE'S FEET] or [DRAG ONE'S HEELS], [HEAD OVER HEELS], [KICK UP ONE'S HEELS], [ON ONE'S HEELS] or […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

clean

[clean] See: [COME CLEAN], [KEEP ONE'S NOSE CLEAN], [MAKE A CLEAN BREAST OF], [NEW BROOM SWEEPS CLEAN], [TAKE TO ONE'S HEELS] also [SHOW A CLEAN PAIR OF HEELS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

show a clean pair of heels

[show a clean pair of heels] See: [TAKE TO ONE'S HEELS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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