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take to one's heels

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

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PRONUNCIATION OF TAKE TO ONE'S HEELS

take to one's heels


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TAKE TO ONE'S HEELS

take the law into one´s own hands · take the liberty · take the lid off · take the mickey · take the piss · take the place of · take the plunge · take the queen´s shilling · take the rap · take the road · take the veil · take the wind out of someone´s sails · take the words out of someone´s mouth · take the wraps off · take to · take to heart · take to one´s bed · take to something like a duck to water · take to task · take to wife

WORDS THAT END LIKE TAKE TO ONE'S HEELS

alloy wheels · at one´s heels · cool one´s heels · cracked heels · head over heels · heels · high heels · kick one´s heels · kick up one´s heels · landing wheels · low heels · meals on wheels · meals-on-wheels · oil the wheels · rock back on one´s heels · show a clean pair of heels · spike heels · steels · training wheels · wheels · wheels within wheels

Synonyms and antonyms of take to one's heels in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «take to one's heels» into 25 languages

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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.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

把一个人的脚后跟
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

llevará a uno de los talones
570 millions of speakers
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English

take to one´s heels
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

एक एड़ी पर रखना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اتخاذها ل احد الكعب
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

принять к своим каблуках
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

levar para os calcanhares
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

এক এর হিল নিতে
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

prendre ses jambes à son cou
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Ambil ke belakang
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

nehmen, um den Fersen
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

自分のかかとに連れて行く
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

하나 의 발 뒤꿈치 에 걸릴
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Njupuk kanggo tumit siji
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm để gót chân của một người
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

ஒரு குதிகால் எடுத்து
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

एखाद्याच्या पायाला उचलून घ्या
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Topuklanmak
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

prendere uno di tacchi
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

wziąć do swoich obcasach
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

прийняти до своїх каблуках
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

ia la tocuri cuiva
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

να λάβει για να τακούνια κάποιου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

neem om die een se hakke
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ta till sina hälar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ta til ens hæler
5 millions of speakers

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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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