Definition of cooling a person's heels

cool (one's) heels    

verb

• to wait.

  Cop A: Where's the suspect?
  
  Cop B: Cooling his heels in cell 3.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to wait.

  Last edited on Feb 15 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 17 2011.

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Other terms relating to 'to wait':
holding pattern	Definitions include: a period of waiting, during which little can be accomplished, until a particular external event occurs.
hold up	Definitions include: to wait.
sit tight	Definitions include: to stay in one place and wait patiently.
cool (one's) jets	Definitions include: to calm down or wait.
hold on	Definitions include: to wait.
hold (one's) horses	Definitions include: to wait patiently.
posted up	Definitions include: to be standing or sitting somewhere.
hold the phone	Definitions include: "wait a minute"; "hold on"; etc.
marinate	Definitions include: to sit around waiting for something to happen.

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Other terms relating to 'cool':
CAH	Definitions include: Origin: The Fly Girls.
cool	Definitions include: very good, excellent, interesting, fun, etc.
coolage	Definitions include: exclamation of positive sentiment; "Cool!"
cool bananas	Definitions include: phrase used to indicate that something is very good, excellent, "cool".
cool beans	Definitions include: phrase used to indicate that something is very good, excellent, "cool".
cool customer	Definitions include: a person acting cool, in the "nonchalant" sense of "cool".
cool down	Definitions include: to stop being angry.
cooler	Definitions include: reform school
cooler, the	Definitions include: jail or prison.
coolest	Definitions include: most cool.
coolfulness	Definitions include: the state of being cool.
cool guy McGee	Definitions include: making fun of someone that did something stupid.
cool it	Definitions include: to stop.
coolness	Definitions include: Used to indicate an extreme like for something.
cool off	Definitions include: to stop being angry.
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Other terms relating to 'heel':
fall head over heels	Definitions include: to fall in love.
head over heels	Definitions include: very in love.
stripper heels	Definitions include: high-heeled shoes with very tall heels.
What the heel?	Definitions include: "what the hell?"

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