at the heels of

Synonyms

subsequently afterwards trailing abaft

Antonyms

pending

Examples

The tadpole poet will never grow into anything bigger than a frog; not though in that stage of development he should puff and blow himself till he bursts with windy adulation at the heels of the laureled ox. Algernon Charles Swinburne

Satiety is a mongrel that barks at the heels of plenty. Minna Antrim

Footnotes -- little dogs yapping at the heels of the text. William James

Words in the phrase

at the heels of

Close letter words and terms

at the head office at the hearing at the heart of at the heels of something at the height of at the helm