Meaning of heel-treading in English:
heel-treading
adjective
That treads on a person's heels (literal and figurative).
noun
The action of treading on a person's heels (literal and figurative).
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in S. Egerton Brydges (1762–1837), writer and genealogist.
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