When he heard the police coming, the thief took to his heels.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
take 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./ … Dictionary of American idioms
take 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./ … Dictionary of American idioms
take to one's heels — index flee Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
take to one's heels — ► take to one s heels run away. Main Entry: ↑heel … English terms dictionary
take 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.… … Useful english dictionary
take to one's heels — idi take to one s heels, to run away; take flight … From formal English to slang
take 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 … Wiktionary
take to one's heels — Flee, fly, run away, take to flight … New dictionary of synonyms
take to one's heels — run away. → heel … English new terms dictionary
to one's heels — See: TAKE TO ONE S HEELS … Dictionary of American idioms
