Idiom
close on the heels of
Meaning
Near in time or place; very close.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Summer is close on the heels of spring.”
“The new manager arrived close on the heels of the previous one's sudden resignation.”
“The economic recovery followed close on the heels of the crisis, bringing a sense of relief to the struggling nation.”
Examples
simple
“Summer is close on the heels of spring.”
contextual
“The new manager arrived close on the heels of the previous one's sudden resignation.”
complex
“The economic recovery followed close on the heels of the crisis, bringing a sense of relief to the struggling nation.”
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