Meaning of "take to one's heels" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF TAKE TO ONE'S HEELS

take to one's heels

TRANSLATION OF TAKE TO ONE'S HEELS

Find out the translation of take to one's heels to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of take to one's heels from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «take to one's heels» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 把一个人的脚后跟
• Translator English - Spanish: llevará a uno de los talones
• English: take to one´s heels
• Translator English - Hindi: एक एड़ी पर रखना
• Translator English - Arabic: اتخاذها ل احد الكعب
• Translator English - Russian: принять к своим каблуках
• Translator English - Portuguese: levar para os calcanhares
• Translator English - Bengali: এক এর হিল নিতে
• Translator English - French: prendre ses jambes à son cou
• Translator English - Malay: Ambil ke belakang
• Translator English - German: nehmen, um den Fersen
• Translator English - Japanese: 自分のかかとに連れて行く
• Translator English - Korean: 하나 의 발 뒤꿈치 에 걸릴
• Translator English - Javanese: Njupuk kanggo tumit siji
• Translator English - Vietnamese: làm để gót chân của một người
• Translator English - Tamil: ஒரு குதிகால் எடுத்து
• Translator English - Marathi: एखाद्याच्या पायाला उचलून घ्या
• Translator English - Turkish: Topuklanmak
• Translator English - Italian: prendere uno di tacchi
• Translator English - Polish: wziąć do swoich obcasach
• Translator English - Ukrainian: прийняти до своїх каблуках
• Translator English - Romanian: ia la tocuri cuiva
• Translator English - Greek: να λάβει για να τακούνια κάποιου
• Translator English - Afrikaans: neem om die een se hakke
• Translator English - Swedish: ta till sina hälar
• Translator English - Norwegian: ta til ens hæler

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAKE TO ONE'S HEELS»

Discover the use of take to one's heels in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to take to one's heels and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Cassell英语常用词组用法词典

&muitjk&im#%m6/i ° 1 to show a clean pair of heels CLEAN * to take to one's heels iS^ ! ®2.A tf (Seeing the policeman, the pickpocket took to his heels. #§^£9 $ • jftfttfl to turn on one's heel '%j$MM ; ft lift (The thief mined on his heel and ...

Rosalind Fergusson, 2003

Heinemann English Dictionary

... outdistance and beat. take to one's heels to run away. • heel verb 1 to put a heel or heels on: / must haw my shoes heeled. 2 to follow close behind: 'Heel, Spotl' shouted the dog's owner. heel2 verb Nautical (of a ship) to lean or cause to lean ...

‎2001

Chambers concise dictionary

... waiting indefinitely, dig one's heels in to behave stubbornly, down at heel untidy; in poor condition or circumstances, kick up one's heels to frisk or gambol, showaclean pair of heels to run away, take to one's heels to run away; to abscond, ...

Ian Brookes, 2004

An English and Welsh Dictionary, Wherein, Not Only the ...

See under Ci. To take heed, Gochelyd, ymogelyd, givylio, gwilio, ^warchad ar, radw arno. Gen. xxxi. 29. Esay vii. 4. ymgadw^ediych ar, Lucxxi. 34. H I'ynnu (in Glamorgan.) To take to one's heels, Cymmeryd y tvaed (y traed a'r gwadnaii,) floi.

John Walters, Hannah Walters, 1828

Dizionario Italiano, Ed Inglese

To have one's heart to one's heels, mnstrai la pianti de' piedi , ilaisi alia fuga. He is always at my heels, egli m' è sempre ulluto, egli mi s guita da per tullo. To hetake one's self to one's heels, to take to one's heels, catcagnare, vallar le culcagna ...

Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti, 1829

Early American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases

H183 To take to one's Heels 1787 Tyler Contrast 57: I was glad to take to my heels and split home. 1821 Royall Letters 203: I took to my keels [for heels] and did hook it. Oxford 801; Whiting NC 422. Cf. Tilley H394. See H176. HI 84 To turn up ...

Bartlett Jere Whiting, 1977

Students Companion

on the heels of: following closely bring to heel: submit to discipline kick up one's heels: behave excitedly take to one's heels: run away down at heel: untidy and poorly dressed an Achilles' heel: the only vulnerable part show a clean pair of ...

Vijaya Kumar, 2000

Amharic-English dictionary: H - N.

Cm to take to one's heels h ay- '•/.b :V awconn in ha^^y-t " ^(n : J»<w»Am he took to his heels and escaped V<hA, : ha^ca,^ : hii nafse awci tin alii to take to one's heels • hayai.^ : hti to take to one's heels h tth '□'•), "/.'' awcac or h fl>- 66A bl,b ...

Thomas Leiper Kane, 1990

The Modern Anglo-Bengali Dictionary: In 6 Volumes

^nl i To kick up the heels— To die ; J(gl, *(% i To lay or clap by the heels — To imprison ; to put under arrest ; to prostrate ; *«li To show a clean or light pair of heels, To take to one's heels— To run away or flee ; E"n5 CWS91, fljfa Cf«?1, I^ ft5? i ...

Charuchandra Guha, 2007

The English dialect dictionary

... to run away, take to one's heels; (14) I0 1117'” a eommodily heels over head, to double the purchase price in re-selling; (15) f0 lllf'll up the heels, to die ; (16) lo give {he wind ofonds heels, to take a hasty or speedy departure ; (17) shaking of  ...

Joseph Wright