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in the heel of the huntIrish At the last minute; finally: in the heel of the hunt, the outcome of the match was decided by a penalty...- If the instant experts continue on their merry way, giving the deaf ear to the voice of reason and experience, the players will be the biggest losers in the heel of the hunt when injury strikes, aided and abetted by a shorn pitch.
- But, in the heel of the hunt, I'd much prefer the smoking ban as currently mooted to be implemented.
- The catalogue of blunders at either end would have filled a notebook, but in the heel of the hunt both should give thanks for a reasonably safe delivery, even if one or the other might regret the two points left behind.
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