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Definition of down-at-the-heels in US English: down-at-the-heels(also down-at-heel, down-at-the-heel) adjectiveˌdaʊnətðəˈhilzˌdounətT͟Həˈhēlzˌdaʊnətðəˈhilz 1(of a shoe) with the heel worn down. Example sentencesExamples - Surely everyone here doesn't just throw their shoes away when they get a little down at heel?
- And equally, forget about making a good impression in your designer garb if your tie doesn't match or your shoes are down at heel.
- On the other hand, you could write, of the same individual: His shoes were down-at-heel and his raincoat was streaked with dirt.
- Some were repellently shabby, with loose, stained suit jackets and down-at-heel black leather shoes, other with the shine of prosperity, plump in spotless waistcoats.
- Make sure your shoes are well polished and not down-at-heel
- It has come to imply decrepitude: down-at-heel shoes, wrinkled stockings, woolly hats and trousers kept up by bits of string.
- Chinese servants should not (strictly speaking) appear before their masters in short clothes, nor without socks, nor with shoes down at heel, nor with their tail tied round the head.
- Alex Wilson, who worked for Nugget when he first came to the Centre, was a short man, 1.6 metres tall with his down-at-heel boots on.
- 1.1 Showing signs of neglect and deterioration; shabby.
a down-at-the-heels house Example sentencesExamples - Looking into the arcade, one sees a flower stall, a greengrocer's shop and a down-at-the-heels tropical-themed restaurant.
- The 175-employee company has also become an anchor in restoring the city's down-at-the-heels Over the Rhine section.
- It's everything you like about tiki bars, plus everything you like about not having to leave the realness of the inner city, and it even has a comfy old-style Minneapolis down-at-the-heels quality.
- Dad had recently retired after a lifetime as a journalist, and the whole family joined them at a slightly down-at-the-heels resort in the White Mountains that offered a shaggy nine-hole golf course out back.
- I've had enough: enough waiting in the cold for an overfull bus to pass me by; enough riding the streetcar with someone's elbow in my ribs; enough laying out 16 bucks a day for my family to ride the crowded, tardy, down-at-the-heels TTC.
- The Robesons are old settlers in this once down-at-the-heels urban neighborhood very recently gone trendy and upscale.
- Two are notable-a witty fop, worthy of Oscar Wilde, who lives nearby, and a down-at-the-heels aristocrat, who has been sponging off the family for decades.
- Lo is best known for his development of Xintiandi, a down-at-the-heels Shanghai neighborhood that he transformed into the city's premiere entertainment and retail district.
- The down-at-the-heels Atlantic City Boardwalk and its 1970s-era casinos can't match the glitz of the Vegas Strip.
- It's a seemingly random collection of down-at-the-heels housing, low-rent stores, and trash-strewn vacant lots.
- So, Gar ’, I ask, affecting a little down-at-the-heels bonhomie, do you buy a monthly pass, or just purchase tickets as needed?
- After Francesco gave his armor to a down-at-the-heels knight and returned to Assisi, his father was outraged: all that expense gone to waste.
- Dark, in need of a haircut and pathologically thin, he looked like a down-at-the-heels rocker.
- Perhaps the buyers were put off by the down-at-the-heels atmosphere and grime level of the joint.
- Not long ago Rockford Construction purchased two down-at-the-heels schools from Grand Rapids for $1 each and renovated them to the tune of $18 million.
- Even the comparatively down-at-the-heels south end of town, where the Art Center campus is being built, is in good shape.
Synonyms run down, dilapidated, in disrepair, neglected, uncared-for, unmaintained, depressed scruffy, shabby, shabbily dressed, poorly dressed, shoddy, ragged, out at elbows, tattered, mangy, sorry, disreputable
Definition of down-at-the-heels in US English: down-at-the-heels(also down-at-heel, down-at-the-heel) adjectiveˌdaʊnətðəˈhilzˌdounətT͟Həˈhēlz 1(of a shoe) with the heel worn down. Example sentencesExamples - Surely everyone here doesn't just throw their shoes away when they get a little down at heel?
- And equally, forget about making a good impression in your designer garb if your tie doesn't match or your shoes are down at heel.
- On the other hand, you could write, of the same individual: His shoes were down-at-heel and his raincoat was streaked with dirt.
- Some were repellently shabby, with loose, stained suit jackets and down-at-heel black leather shoes, other with the shine of prosperity, plump in spotless waistcoats.
- Make sure your shoes are well polished and not down-at-heel
- It has come to imply decrepitude: down-at-heel shoes, wrinkled stockings, woolly hats and trousers kept up by bits of string.
- Chinese servants should not (strictly speaking) appear before their masters in short clothes, nor without socks, nor with shoes down at heel, nor with their tail tied round the head.
- Alex Wilson, who worked for Nugget when he first came to the Centre, was a short man, 1.6 metres tall with his down-at-heel boots on.
- 1.1 Showing signs of neglect and deterioration; shabby.
a down-at-the-heels house Example sentencesExamples - Looking into the arcade, one sees a flower stall, a greengrocer's shop and a down-at-the-heels tropical-themed restaurant.
- The 175-employee company has also become an anchor in restoring the city's down-at-the-heels Over the Rhine section.
- It's everything you like about tiki bars, plus everything you like about not having to leave the realness of the inner city, and it even has a comfy old-style Minneapolis down-at-the-heels quality.
- Dad had recently retired after a lifetime as a journalist, and the whole family joined them at a slightly down-at-the-heels resort in the White Mountains that offered a shaggy nine-hole golf course out back.
- I've had enough: enough waiting in the cold for an overfull bus to pass me by; enough riding the streetcar with someone's elbow in my ribs; enough laying out 16 bucks a day for my family to ride the crowded, tardy, down-at-the-heels TTC.
- The Robesons are old settlers in this once down-at-the-heels urban neighborhood very recently gone trendy and upscale.
- Two are notable-a witty fop, worthy of Oscar Wilde, who lives nearby, and a down-at-the-heels aristocrat, who has been sponging off the family for decades.
- Lo is best known for his development of Xintiandi, a down-at-the-heels Shanghai neighborhood that he transformed into the city's premiere entertainment and retail district.
- The down-at-the-heels Atlantic City Boardwalk and its 1970s-era casinos can't match the glitz of the Vegas Strip.
- It's a seemingly random collection of down-at-the-heels housing, low-rent stores, and trash-strewn vacant lots.
- So, Gar ’, I ask, affecting a little down-at-the-heels bonhomie, do you buy a monthly pass, or just purchase tickets as needed?
- After Francesco gave his armor to a down-at-the-heels knight and returned to Assisi, his father was outraged: all that expense gone to waste.
- Dark, in need of a haircut and pathologically thin, he looked like a down-at-the-heels rocker.
- Perhaps the buyers were put off by the down-at-the-heels atmosphere and grime level of the joint.
- Not long ago Rockford Construction purchased two down-at-the-heels schools from Grand Rapids for $1 each and renovated them to the tune of $18 million.
- Even the comparatively down-at-the-heels south end of town, where the Art Center campus is being built, is in good shape.
Synonyms run down, dilapidated, in disrepair, neglected, uncared-for, unmaintained, depressed scruffy, shabby, shabbily dressed, poorly dressed, shoddy, ragged, out at elbows, tattered, mangy, sorry, disreputable
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