hot on someone's heels en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic, not-comparable) Close behind; pursuing or following closely.
Hot on the heels of Network Rail remodelling King's Cross comes news of cuts to East Coast Main Line services.
2021 June 30, Philip Haigh, “Regional trains squeezed as ECML congestion heads north”, in RAIL, number 934, page 52:Newcastle beat Bolton to increase the pressure on the Londoners, while Chelsea are also hot on the heels of faltering Tottenham, who have one win from their last eight games.
2012 April 9, Mandeep Sanghera, “Tottenham 1 - 2 Norwich”, in BBC Sport:She left the restaurant with him hot on her heels.
Translations (7)
it alle calcagna (close behind) · sv hack i häl (close behind) · pl depcząc komuś po piętach (close behind) · ca a l'encalç (close behind) · fi olla kintereillä (close behind) · fr aux trousses de (close behind) · de dicht auf den Fersen (close behind)