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cooled one's heels

cooled one's heels is the simple past and past participle of cool one's heels.

Meaning of cool one's heels

Verb

cool one's heels (third-person singular simple present cools one's heels, present participle cooling one's heels, simple past and past participle cooled one's heels)

  1. (idiomatic) To wait, especially impatiently or restlessly.
    • I cooled my heels in the cloisters till nine, then went in to the music-meeting.1711, Jonathan Swift, The Journal to Stella (published 1766), ch. 4, letter 31

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What is cooled one's heels the simple past and past participle of?
Cooled one's heels is the simple past and past participle of cool one's heels.

Words near cooled one's heels in the dictionary

  1. coole
  2. Coolea
  3. cooled
  4. cooled down
  5. cooled off
  6. cooled one's heels
  7. cooled one's jets
  8. cooled out
  9. coolee
  10. coolees
  11. Cooleman

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