<span class="searchmatch">turning</span> <span class="searchmatch">on</span> <span class="searchmatch">one's</span> <span class="searchmatch">heel</span> present participle and gerund of turn <span class="searchmatch">on</span> <span class="searchmatch">one's</span> <span class="searchmatch">heel</span>...
turn <span class="searchmatch">on</span> <span class="searchmatch">one's</span> <span class="searchmatch">heel</span> (third-person singular simple present turns <span class="searchmatch">on</span> <span class="searchmatch">one's</span> <span class="searchmatch">heel</span>, present participle <span class="searchmatch">turning</span> <span class="searchmatch">on</span> <span class="searchmatch">one's</span> <span class="searchmatch">heel</span>, simple past and past participle...
<span class="searchmatch">heel</span> (“rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg”) + turn; sense 2 (“act of <span class="searchmatch">turning</span> around abruptly”) is derived from turn <span class="searchmatch">heel</span> or turn <span class="searchmatch">on</span> <span class="searchmatch">one’s</span>...
(military, usually in the plural) The movement of soldiers by <span class="searchmatch">turning</span> <span class="searchmatch">on</span> their <span class="searchmatch">heels</span> to the right, left, or about. The most external portion of exterior...
down turn one's nose up turn one's world upside down turn <span class="searchmatch">on</span> its head turn <span class="searchmatch">on</span> <span class="searchmatch">one's</span> <span class="searchmatch">heel</span> turn <span class="searchmatch">on</span> red turn or burn turn out turn over turn pear-shaped turn...
running away; to reverse direction; to leave or flee. Synonym: turn <span class="searchmatch">on</span> <span class="searchmatch">one's</span> <span class="searchmatch">heel</span> 1838, Charles Dickens, “Some Particulars Concerning A Lion”, in Mudfog...
<span class="searchmatch">heel</span> of the mast. (machines) <span class="searchmatch">One</span> of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as <span class="searchmatch">one</span> of the series of parts of a cone pulley <span class="searchmatch">on</span> which...
guy", especially <span class="searchmatch">one</span> who is handsome and well-conditioned; a baby face. Synonyms: good guy, hero Antonym: <span class="searchmatch">heel</span> The fans cheered <span class="searchmatch">on</span> the face as he made...
(ergative) To revolve by <span class="searchmatch">turning</span> over and over; to move by <span class="searchmatch">turning</span> <span class="searchmatch">on</span> a horizontal axis; to impel forward with a revolving motion <span class="searchmatch">on</span> a supporting surface...
the drawer into the slot; the rail was misaligned so he banged it with the <span class="searchmatch">heel</span> of his hand. It stuck. (graphical user interface) A side panel containing...