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heel over
verb
To tilt to one side
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Care had to be taken that her stability was not reduced unduly, or she might heel over too far and sink, as did the USS Enterprise in 1838.
It wants Tehran to come to heel over its nuclear programme.
The wind was so strong that at times it caused the balloons to heel over almost on to the head of the spectators.
He rolled the ball down his back and kicked it with his heel over his head to a dead-on balance with the spinning ball.
Any further load causes the strip to heel over and assume a bent form, and it only takes a minute disturbance to determine whether it will bend to the left or to the right.
The Spaniard produced a marvellous lay-off, flicking the ball behind him with his heel, over the top of the defence, and setting up defender Chris Smalling to slot home from six yards out.
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Two hours later, mortally wounded, the great double-hulled wonder heeled over and sank, sucking 1,500 people to watery graves.
Numerous holes were blown in the conning tower and the submarine desperately attempted to flee on the surface before slowing down and heeling over, trailing oil.
At one point, St . Louisheeled over and leaned on Kroonland but the only resulting damages were scorch marks on her side.
She burst out of a gift-wrapped box, dressed as a toy soldier from "The Nutcracker," with white, high-heel, over-the-knee boots.
Simpson, who was known this season for a heels-over-head flip at the goal line for a touchdown against Arizona in Week 16, is a free agent.
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