on something's heels

on something's heels
(hard/hot) on sb's/sth's ˈheels idiom
very close behind sb/sth; very soon after sth

News of rising unemployment followed hard on the heels of falling export figures.

He ran ahead, with the others hot on his heels

Main entry:heelidiom

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