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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.