Verb
(transitive, idiomatic) To compel someone to obey; to force someone into a submissive condition.
(transitive, idiomatic) To cause to act in a disciplined manner.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgWe developed during the 1990s a series of budget process rules that helped us bring to heel these deficits, diminishing every year and moving the budget so into surplus. John Spratt
The foolish think the Eagle weak, and easy to bring to heel. The Eagle's wings are silken, but its claws are made of steel. Sidney Sheldon