Heel
Heel verb - To set or cause to be at an angle.
Ready
Ready verb - To make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function.
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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HeelFace 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".
Source: Disney / Tangled -
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.
Source: Wrestling / Chris Jericho -
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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