cool one's heels
verbcandidate·updated Jun 3, 2026
to wait or pass the time aimlessly or futilely
MWE
Classifications
Cognitive
—45%llm-generatedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Responsibility
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
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Automation
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
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Variants
- synonym
- kick one's heels
- pasttense
- cooled one's heels
- presentparticiple
- cooling one's heels
- thirdpersonsingular
- cools one's heels
- pastparticiple
- cooled one's heels