Idiom
hot on someone's heels
Meaning
Close behind; pursuing or following closely.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The dog was hot on my heels the whole way home.”
“The police were hot on the thief's heels as he ran through the narrow streets.”
“No sooner had she secured the exclusive interview than rival journalists were hot on her heels, desperate for the same story.”
Examples
simple
“The dog was hot on my heels the whole way home.”
contextual
“The police were hot on the thief's heels as he ran through the narrow streets.”
complex
“No sooner had she secured the exclusive interview than rival journalists were hot on her heels, desperate for the same story.”
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