COMMON A down-at-heel person or place looks untidy or in bad condition. He had two rooms above a down-at-heel shop. When I was a down-at-the-heels detective, I couldn't afford to eat here. Note: The image here is of a person wearing shoes with worn-down heels because they do not have the money to repair or replace them.

down-at-heel definition: 1. wearing old clothes, or in a bad condition, because of not having much money: 2. wearing old…. Learn more.

down at heel adjective. In poor condition, especially due to having worn heels; worn-out, shabby. down at heel adjective. Shabbily dressed, slovenly; impoverished.

Idiom : Down at heel Meaning : A person who is down-at-heel is someone whose appearance is untidy or neglected because of lack of money. Usage : The down-at-heel student I first met became a successful writer.

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{To be down at the heel}, to be slovenly or in a poor plight. {To be out at the heels }, to have on stockings that are worn out ; hence , to be shabby , or in a poor plight . --Shak .

down at the heels. Adjective that describes someone or something eroded, impoverished or poor. It comes from old shoes having worn down heels, and people having to wear them due to lack of money for new ones. ..the houses are much smaller and already down at the heels. Get a down at the heels mug for your mother-in-law Nathalie.

down at the heels, having a shabby, slipshod, or slovenly appearance. Also down at heel, down at the heel, out at heels, out at the heels.

: in or into a run-down or shabby condition His slippers were down at the heel. on the heels of : immediately following came close on the heels of the announcement