hot on someone's heels

Meaning: (idiomatic)Closebehind;pursuingorfollowingclosely.She left the restaurant with himhot on her heels.2012April 9, Mandeep Sanghera, “Tottenham 1 - 2 Norwich”, inBBC Sport‎[1]:Newcastle beat Bolton to increase the pressure on the Londoners, while Chelsea are alsohot on the heels offaltering Tottenham, who have one win from their last eight games.2021June 30, Philip Haigh, “Regional trains squeezed as ECML congestion heads north”, inRAIL, number934, page52:Hot on the heels ofNetwork Rail remodelling King's Cross comes news of cuts to East Coast Main Line services.

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