snap at sb's heels
If an animal is snapping at your heels, it is running behind you and trying to bite you.
to compete strongly with someone and have a chance of soon defeating or replacing them:
With so many younger women snapping at her heels, this year may be her last chance to win the championship.
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Animal (non-human) behaviour
- accidental
- eusocial
- fledge
- lap
- maul
- migrant
- mob
- molt
- nest
- perch
- prey
- ruminate
- scratch
- shy
- skitter
- slaver 1
- stampede
- suckle
- torpor
- trot
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Competing and contending (non-sporting)