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Meanings of very heels in English

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Usage of very heels in English
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Close behind them came the fierce dogs, snarling at their very heels.
The Miraculous Pitcher / (From: "A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boy...
2
Upon the very heels of the brilliant success of the corps commenced disaster.
Three Years in the Sixth Corps / A Concise Narrative of Events i...
3
For a mile or more the chattering brutes were at our very heels.
The Lost World
4
A shabby coat hung over him down to his very heels.
Mother
5
Rough at his very heels, Benjy was run out of Beastland.
The Story Hour: A Book for the Home and the Kindergarten
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An' pore old Défaygo was superstitious down to he very heels...!
The Wendigo
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And now the polar bear was at his very heels.
The Golden Canyon
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Stein was at my very heels, and the Lancer had already turned his horse.
The Adventures of Gerard
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We were forced back, step by step, with the enemy at our very heels.
Mohun; Or, the Last Days of Lee and His Paladins. / Final Memoir...
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Doubtless he was at our very heels in the darkness.
Sir Nigel
11
Szilard appeared on the very heels of the messenger.
The Poor Plutocrats
12
And the Piper, who made the fastest progress, gained-untilhe was at her very heels.
The Poor Little Rich Girl
13
And here she was on his very heels, when he might have gotten well away.
Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp; Or, Lost in the Backwoods
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But you have happily come yourself on the very heels of him who bore the tidings.
Micah Clarke / His Statement as made to his three grandchildren ...
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We followed hard upon the track of the fugitives and entered the Terada defile at their very heels.
The Mystery of Cloomber
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And when the horrid suspicion had descended into his very heels, so to speak, he became very still.
Chance: A Tale in Two Parts
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