on the heels of

phrase

: immediately following

came close on the heels of the announcement

Examples of on the heels of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This is the second time the Coffee Crawl company has run this promotion in Sacramento, on the heels of an earlier crawl this summer that quickly filled all of its slots. — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026

That's on the heels of a 41-7 blowout at Northwestern that was ugly enough for Deion Sanders to dismiss a handful of players for conduct detrimental to the team days later. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026

MongoDB’s investor day yesterday was a net positive on the heels of its ex-CEO’s surprise exit to start the week, Bank of America argued. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026

Bulochnikov-Paul first joined the company in March 2017 as VP Communications at Freeform on the heels of its rebrand from ABC Family. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for on the heels of

• hereinabove
• above
• foxglove
• hereof
• thereof
• whereof
• dove
• glove
• love
• shove