Heel and Ready

Heel

Heel verb - To set or cause to be at an angle.

Ready and heel are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ready" instead a verb "Heel".

Nearby Words: heeled, heeling, heelpiece

Ready

Ready verb - To make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function.

Heel and ready are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Heel" instead a verb "Ready".

Nearby Words: readiness, readily, readying, readied

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

stuff heel stuff ready stuff
time heel time ready time
times heel times ready times

Both words in one sentence

  • Disney / Tangled Heel–Face Turn: The crew of the Snuggly Duckling were ready to kill Flynn until Rapunzel turned them to her side with "I've Got a Dream".
  • Wrestling / Chris Jericho This was relevant when he turned heel in 2009, believing all his audience-pandering got him nowhere and that Humans Are Bastards, ready to turn on you the second you're out of their good graces.
  • Fan Fic / It's not the Raptor DNA Heel Face Doorslam: Blake is getting help for his Survivor's Guilt and feels he's ready to come back to work at Jurassic World, just before Jack, Bridges' assistant, shoots him dead in the old Visitor's Center.
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