to heel

[to heel] {adj. phr.}

1. Close behind.

* /The dog ran after a rabbit, but Jack brought him to heel./

2. Under control; to obedience.

* /When Peter was sixteen, he thought he could do as he pleased, but his father cut off his allowance, and Peter soon came to heel./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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