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Definitions

bring to heel

VERB
subjugate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
conquer enslave
STRONG
coerce compel crush enthrall force overcome overthrow quell reduce rule subdue suppress tame triumph vanquish
WEAK
bear down beat down bring to knees hold sway keep under thumb kick around put down reel back in rule over
Antonyms
STRONG
encourage fail give in let go lose release surrender win yield
WEAK
free liberate
VERB
tame
Synonyms
STRONGEST
conquer curb pacify restrain soften subdue suppress temper vanquish
STRONG
break bridle bust check discipline domesticize domiciliate enslave gentle house-train housebreak humble mitigate mute repress subjugate train
WEAK
break in break the spirit tone down water down
Antonyms
STRONGEST
agitate encourage fail incite irritate lose release surrender upset
STRONG
aid allow fix free help let go liberate mend permit

Example Sentences

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Regulators across the world are working out how to bring to heel the crypto sector, which is subject to patchy rules.

From Reuters • Aug. 4, 2022

The men whom De Gaulle was trying to bring to heel had made one revolution and were quite capable of making another.

From Time Magazine Archive

In trying to realize the Nazi dream of a perfect "Totalitarian State," Adolf Hitler has notably failed to bring to heel Germany's devout Protestant pastors and their congregations.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Then the only man we can bring to heel is this bond-servant of thine.”

From Janice Meredith by Ford, Paul Leicester

I garner the best of your manhood's prime Then quit them when shattered in health; I bring to heel the ones that you love And smiling I shear them of wealth.

From Rhymes of a Roughneck by O'Cotter, Pat

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.