down at the heels
Having one's shoe heels worn down

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down at the heels
to be shabby, to be poorly dressed
The man looked down at the heels after he was fired from his job.

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down-at-the-heels
poorly dressed, looking poor
A man who looked down-at-the-heels came to the small cafe for dinner.

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down-at-the-heels
{adj.} Poorly kept up or dressed shabby; not neat; sloppy.
John is always down-at-the-heels, but his sister is always very neat.

Old houses sometimes look down-at-the-heel.

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