Wiktionary
alt. 1 (context transitive idiomatic English) To compel someone to obey; to force someone into a submissive condition. 2 (context transitive idiomatic English) To cause to act in a disciplined manner. vb. 1 (context transitive idiomatic English) To compel someone to obey; to force someone into a submissive condition. 2 (context transitive idiomatic English) To cause to act in a disciplined manner.
Usage examples of "bring to heel".
In the long run I think the hardest people to bring to heel will be the businessmen, who have most to lose by the passing of the present system and in some cases are consciously pro-Hitler.
Stop getting in my way and tell me who I have to bring to heel to get anything done around here.
He was sent back to his own country by his father to bring to heel all the warleaders who haven't yet accepted Bloodheart as chief over all the Eika.
He was sent back to his own country by his father to bring to heel all the warleaders who havent yet accepted Bloodheart as chief over all the Eika.
Her failure to bring to heel this interesting young stranger, who had almost literally dropped into their midst that morning outside Guichen, had begotten in her a malice which his persistent ignoring of her had been steadily inflaming.