Idiom
cool one's heels
Meaning
To wait, especially impatiently or restlessly.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I had to cool my heels for an hour at the bus stop.”
“The manager told me to cool my heels in the lobby while he finished his phone call.”
“After arriving early for the interview, the candidate was forced to cool his heels in the waiting room for nearly forty minutes while the committee deliberated.”
Examples
simple
“I had to cool my heels for an hour at the bus stop.”
contextual
“The manager told me to cool my heels in the lobby while he finished his phone call.”
complex
“After arriving early for the interview, the candidate was forced to cool his heels in the waiting room for nearly forty minutes while the committee deliberated.”
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