come to heelBritish EnglishBrE a) if a dog comes to heel, it comes back to its owner when the owner calls it 〔狗被召唤时〕来到主人跟前
b) if someone comes to heel, they start to behave in the way that you want them to 〔某人〕服从,就范
come to heel• Sometimes they succeed in pressuring others to come to heel.• During their bizarre courtship she was his willing puppy who came to heel when he whistled.
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