to heel

English

Prepositional phrase

to heel

  1. Into submissive agreement or compliance.
    The dissident members of the party finally came to heel after the president's speech.

Interjection

to heel

  1. An order to an animal, by its master, not to stray far from him.
    Fido! Come back here! To heel!

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