take to one's heels
1take to one's heels — also[show a clean pair of heels] {v. phr.} To begin to run or run away. * /When he heard the police coming, the thief took to his heels./ …
2take to one's heels — also[show a clean pair of heels] {v. phr.} To begin to run or run away. * /When he heard the police coming, the thief took to his heels./ …
3take\ to\ one's\ heels — • take to one s heels • show a clean pair of heels v. phr. To begin to run or run away. When he heard the police coming, the thief took to his heels …
4take to one's heels — index flee Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
5take to one's heels — ► take to one s heels run away. Main Entry: ↑heel …
6take to one's heels — RUN AWAY, run off, make a run for it, take flight, take off, make a break for it, flee, make one s getaway, escape; informal beat it, clear off, vamoose, skedaddle, split, cut and run, leg it, hotfoot it, show a clean pair of heels, scram; Brit.… …
7take to one's heels — idi take to one s heels, to run away; take flight …
8take to one's heels — verb To leave; especially, to flee or run away. The thief took to his heels when he thought he heard someone coming …
9take to one's heels — Flee, fly, run away, take to flight …
10take to one's heels — run away. → heel …
