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  • cool your heels — informal phrase to have to wait for something, especially when this is annoying and boring Thesaurus: to delay action, wait or hesitatesynonym Main entry: cool * * * cool your heels informal : to wait for someone or something : to take a break… …   Useful english dictionary

  • dig your heels in — phrase to refuse to do something even though other people are trying to persuade you The more we argued, the more she dug her heels in. Thesaurus: to not act, or to not do somethingsynonym Main entry: dig * * * dig your ˈheels/ˈtoes in idiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • kick your heels — british phrase to waste time waiting for someone or something They were forced to kick their heels for nearly a quarter of an hour. Thesaurus: to waste time, or to pass time doing unimportant thingssynonym to delay action, wait or hesitatesynonym …   Useful english dictionary

  • Crack Your Heels — Directed by Alfred J. Goulding Produced by Hal Roach Starring Harold Lloyd Release d …   Wikipedia

  • drag your heels — drag your feet/heels/ phrase to do something very slowly because you do not really want to do it Thesaurus: to do something slowlysynonym Main entry: drag * * * drag your heels see ↑drag …   Useful english dictionary

  • cool your heels — cool (your) heels if someone leaves you to cool your heels, they force you to wait, often until you become calmer. The youths were left to cool their heels overnight in a police cell …   New idioms dictionary

  • dig your heels in — dig (your) heels in to refuse to do what other people are trying to persuade you to do, especially to refuse to change your opinions or plans. We suggested it would be quicker to fly, but she dug her heels in and insisted on taking the train …   New idioms dictionary

  • dig your heels in — If you dig your heels in, you start to resist something …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • drag your heels — If you drag your heels, you either delay doing something or do it as slowly as possible because you don t want to do it …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • kick your heels — (UK) If you have to kick your heels, you are forced to wait for the result or outcome of something …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • kick your heels — kick (your) heels British to be forced to wait for a period of time. I m fed up kicking my heels at home while all my friends are out enjoying themselves. (usually in continuous tenses) …   New idioms dictionary

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