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bring to heel

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  1. bring to heelverb

    To compel someone to obey; to force someone into a submissive condition.

  2. Etymology: From the command to make a dog closely follow its master.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of bring to heel in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of bring to heel in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of bring to heel in a Sentence

  1. Matthew Rycroft:

    Russia sits here today humiliated by its inability to bring to heel a puppet dictator.

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