(~s)
1.
Your ~ is the back part of your foot, just below your ankle.
N-COUNT
2.
The ~ of a shoe is the raised part on the bottom at the back.
...the shoes with the high ~s.
N-COUNT
3.
Heels are women’s shoes that are raised very high at the back.
...two well-dressed ladies in high ~s...
...the old adage that you shouldn’t wear ~s with trousers.
N-PLURAL
4.
The ~ of a sock or stocking is the part that covers your ~.
N-COUNT
5.
The ~ of your hand is the rounded pad at the bottom of your palm.
N-COUNT: N of n
6.
see also Achilles ~
7.
If you bring someone to ~, you force them to obey you.
It’s still not clear how the president will use his power to bring the republics to ~.
PHRASE: V inflects
8.
If you dig your ~s in or dig in your ~s, you refuse to do something such as change your opinions or plans, especially when someone is trying very hard to make you do so.
It was really the British who, by digging their ~s in, prevented any last-minute deal.
PHRASE: V inflects
9.
If you say that one event follows hard on the ~s of another or hot on the ~s of another, you mean that one happens very quickly or immediately after another.
Unfortunately, bad news has come hard on the ~s of good...
PHRASE: PHR after v, PHR n
10.
If you say that someone is hot on your ~s, you are emphasizing that they are chasing you and are not very far behind you.
They sped through the American southwest with the law hot on their ~s.
PHRASE: usu v-link PHR emphasis
11.
If you are kicking your ~s, you are having to wait around with nothing to do, so that you get bored or impatient. (BRIT INFORMAL)
The authorities wouldn’t grant us permission to fly all the way down to San Francisco, so I had to kick my ~s at Tunis Airport.
PHRASE: V inflects
12.
If you turn on your ~ or spin on your ~, you suddenly turn round, especially because you are angry or surprised.
He simply turned on his ~ and walked away.
PHRASE: V inflects
13.
head over ~s: see head
to drag your ~s: see drag