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• the heels of — Following close behind ● heel …   Useful english dictionary

• hard on the heels of — (hard) on the heels of (something) close behind or soon after something. The fighting came on the heels of even deadlier combat in a village ten miles to the north. Usage notes: usually used with the verbs come or follow and also used in the… …   New idioms dictionary

• hot on the heels of — CLOSE BEHIND, directly after, right after, straight after, hard on the heels of, following closely. → hot * * * following closely the two new species come hot on the heels of the discovery of the Vu Quang ox …   Useful english dictionary

• hard on the heels of something — (hard) on the heels of (something) close behind or soon after something. The fighting came on the heels of even deadlier combat in a village ten miles to the north. Usage notes: usually used with the verbs come or follow and also used in the… …   New idioms dictionary

• on the heels of something — (hard) on the heels of (something) close behind or soon after something. The fighting came on the heels of even deadlier combat in a village ten miles to the north. Usage notes: usually used with the verbs come or follow and also used in the… …   New idioms dictionary

• on the heels of — (hard) on the heels of (something) close behind or soon after something. The fighting came on the heels of even deadlier combat in a village ten miles to the north. Usage notes: usually used with the verbs come or follow and also used in the… …   New idioms dictionary

• on the heels of — phrasal or upon the heels of : close to the heels of : close after : immediately following on the heels of the news of what had happened C.S.Forester : in close pursuit of stayed on the heels of the runaways * * * following closely after… …   Useful english dictionary

• hot on the heels of — hot on the trail of the marketing mavens are hot on the heels of this latest craze Syn: close behind, directly after, right after, straight after, hard on the heels of, following closely …   Thesaurus of popular words

• The Anglo-Saxon Church —     The Anglo Saxon Church     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Anglo Saxon Church     I. ANGLO SAXON OCCUPATION OF BRITAIN     The word Anglo Saxon is used as a collective name for those Teutonic settlers the foundation stock of the English race… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• To tread upon the heels of — Tread Tread, v. i. [imp. {Trod}; p. p. {Trodden}, {Trod}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Treading}.] [OE. treden, AS. tredan; akin to OFries. treda, OS. tredan, D. & LG. treden, G. treten, OHG. tretan, Icel. tro?a, Sw. tr[*a]da, tr[ a]da, Dan. tr[ae]de, Goth.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English