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What's the angle, five words?
Far left of center.
That's four.
Very far left of center.
Enough to put Walker on his heels?
f*ck his heels.
This will put him on his ass.
from season 1 episode 1, House of Cards
What's the meaning of "put someone on one's heels"?
Best Answer
'To put someone on their heels' is a variation on 'rock someone back on their heels'.
From the Oxford online Dictionary site (http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/set-or-rock-someone-back-on-their-heels):
Essentially it describes a physical shock that almost knocks someone backward, but they manage to retain their balance while pivoting on the heels of their shoes. The next stage would be, 'To knock someone on their back (or whatever local expression applies to buttocks).'