cool one's heels
verbid
5855·updated Jun 3, 2026candidate
to wait or pass the time aimlessly or futilely
MWE
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Classifications
Cognitive
—45%llm-generatedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
Responsibility
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
Automation
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
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
Framework definitions
- §1
- to wait or pass the time aimlessly or futilely
- §1 · legacy_primary
- to wait or pass the time aimlessly or futilelyDR-088 backfill from the verb definition column
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