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单词 to have the heels of
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to have (also get) the heels of
i. to have (also get) the heels of: to outrun, outstrip; to catch up with. Now rare.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away from [verb (transitive)] > leave behind by superior speed
outrunc1460
to show (a person) a (clean or fair) pair of heels (also one's heels)1595
to have (also get) the heels of1649
to throw out1682
distance1691
to throw off1695
lose1709
to gain ground of1719
to gain from1805
the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (transitive)] > gain (ground) upon > catch up or overtake > outstrip > by running
of-runOE
overruna1425
outrunc1460
fore-run1513
to have (also get) the heels of1649
to have the legs of (also on)1861
to give a stone and a beating to1885
1649 Bartholmew Fairing iv. 12 You and I must run a race to day..pray heaven your Pegasus be well breath'd, I shall have the heels of him else.
1681 Elegy on Mod. Heroe, Redmon o Hanlan (single sheet) But death, although he ran so fast, Has got the heels of him at last.
1705 Acct. of Conf. between Duke of Buckingham & Father Fitzgerald in Duke of Buckingham Misc. Wks. II. 49 Father, your zeal has got the heels of your Discretion.
1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 350 Friday..had..the Heels of the Bear.
1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle I. viii. 59 The lieutenant, whose steed had got the heels of the other..took the opportunity of throwing himself off in his passage through a field of rich clover.
1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster I. xi. 148 Be smart, my lads, for she has the heels of us.
1892 N. Amer. Rev. Aug. 165 No Northern army ever had the heels of the unencumbered cohorts of the South.
1943 Baldur (Manitoba) Gaz. 29 Apr. These machines have the heels of any German fighter when operating at their best height.
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