to heel
Speech parts
1. to heel - Interjection
2. to heel - Phrase
Meaning
to heel
Into submissive agreement or compliance.
The dissident members of the party finally came to heel after the president's speech.
to heel
An order to an animal, by its master, not to stray far from him.
Fido! Come back here! To heel!
Examples
They are often the kinds of kids that are called 'super-predators.' No conscience, no empathy, we can talk about why they ended up that way, but first we have to bring them to heel.
You could adjust the punishment to fit the infraction. Even a small fine would be enough to bring an errant government to heel.
We 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.
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.
Biden, saying he would heed the advice of scientists, said the economy cannot be patched until the coronavirus is brought to heel.
As the model made the turn, the breeze in the upper works forced it to heel more than at calm, forcing the main deck gun ports below the waterline and foundering the model within a few seconds.