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cools one's heels

cools one's heels is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 cools one's heels the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Cools one's heels is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cool one's heels.

Words near cools one's heels in the dictionary

  1. coolroom
  2. coolrooms
  3. cools
  4. cools down
  5. cools off
  6. cools one's heels
  7. cools one's jets
  8. cools out
  9. coolship
  10. coolships
  11. coolsome

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