snap at someone's heels

English

Verb

snap at someone's heels (third-person singular simple present snaps at someone's heels, present participle snapping at someone's heels, simple past and past participle snapped at someone's heels)

  1. (informal, idiomatic) To compete with someone closely, with the possibility of soon defeating or replacing them.
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