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Cool One’s Heels 1100 Words You Need Week 8 Day 3

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Cool one’s heels 1100 Words

Cool one’s heels 1100 Words

Be kept waiting by somebody for an appointment, date, meeting, etc., wait and see, be patient, play the waiting game, hold back, hold off, twiddle one’s thumbs:

I’ll put him in a cell to cool his heels for a bit.

French: attendre

Farsi: زیر پای کسی علف سبز شدن


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