show a clean pair of heels

show a clean pair of heels
to run away quickly; to make an escape quickly; to outpace

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  • show a clean pair of heels — To run away • • • Main Entry: ↑clean show a clean pair of heels To run off • • • Main Entry: ↑heel …   Useful english dictionary

  • show\ a\ clean\ pair\ of\ heels — • take to one s heels • 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 …   Словарь американских идиом

  • show a clean pair of heels — show (someone) a clean pair of heels British to go faster than someone else in a race. Butler showed them all a clean pair of heels as he raced for the finishing line …   New idioms dictionary

  • show a clean pair of heels — See: TAKE TO ONE S HEELS …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • show a clean pair of heels — See: TAKE TO ONE S HEELS …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • Show a clean pair of heels — run away …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • show a clean pair of heels — Australian Slang run away …   English dialects glossary

  • show a clean pair of heels — flee, escape, run away quickly …   English contemporary dictionary

  • show someone a clean pair of heels — If you show someone a clean pair of heels, you run faster than them when they are chasing you …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • show someone a clean pair of heels — show (someone) a clean pair of heels British to go faster than someone else in a race. Butler showed them all a clean pair of heels as he raced for the finishing line …   New idioms dictionary

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