单词 | turn on one's heel |
释义 | turn on one's heelLeave, as in When I inquired about his sister, he turned on his heel and walked away. This idiom alludes to making a sharp about-face similar to a military step but here usually implies a sudden departure. It was first recorded in 1751. Words nearby turn on one's heelturnon, turn one's back on, turn one's hand to, turn one's head, turn one's stomach, turn on one's heel, turn on the waterworks, turnout, turn out all right, turnover, turn over a new leaf The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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