Idiom
lay by the heels
Meaning
To fetter, to shackle; to imprison.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The guards managed to lay the prisoner by the heels.”
“After the thief was caught stealing from the royal treasury, the sheriff ordered his men to lay him by the heels.”
“The king commanded his soldiers to lay the rebellious duke by the heels until he agreed to renounce his claim to the throne.”
Examples
simple
“The guards managed to lay the prisoner by the heels.”
contextual
“After the thief was caught stealing from the royal treasury, the sheriff ordered his men to lay him by the heels.”
complex
“The king commanded his soldiers to lay the rebellious duke by the heels until he agreed to renounce his claim to the throne.”
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