snap at someone's heels (English, verb)
expansion: snap at someone's heels (third-person singular simple present snaps at someone's heels, present participle snapping at someone's heels, simple past and past participle snapped at someone's heels)
Senses:
glosses: To compete with someone closely, with the possibility of soon defeating or replacing them.
tags: idiomatic
informal
Forms:
form: snaps at someone's heels
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: snapping at someone's heels
tags: participle
present
form: snapped at someone's heels
tags: participle
past
form: snapped at someone's heels
tags: past