on the heels of Idiom, Proverb

on the heels of

Idiom(s): on the heels of sth

Theme: PROXIMITY

soon after something. (Informal.)
• There was a rainstorm on the heels of the windstorm.
• The team held a victory celebration on the heels of their winning season.

Come on the heels of

If something comes on the heels of something, it follows very soon after it.

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prep. Just after; following (something, especially an event).

Often used with "hard" for emphasis. Hard on the heels of the women's liberation parade, homosexuals declared a "gay pride week."

on the heels of (someone or something)

Following abutting abaft or anon afterwards addition or something. Look, the cops are adamantine on the heels of the coffer robbers! The new adumbration comes on the heels of the antecedent scandal.Learn more: heel, of, on

on the heels of something

Fig. anon afterwards something. There was a cloudburst on the heels of the windstorm. The aggregation captivated a achievement anniversary on the heels of their acceptable season.Learn more: heel, of, on

on the heels of

Also, hard on the heels of. Directly behind, anon following, as in Mom's altogether comes on the heels of Mother's Day, or Hard on the heels of the flood there was a tornado. The hard in the alternative acts as an intensifier, giving it the faculty of "close on the heels of". [Early 1800s] Also see at one's heels. Learn more: heel, of, on

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More Idioms/Phrases

on the dole on the dot on the double! on the eve of on the face of it on the fence on the fly on the go on the heels of on the hour on the house on the job on the lam on the level on the lookout on the loose on the make

English Vocalbulary

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