(hard) on the heels of something
(also hot/close on the heels of something)Definition
› close behind or soon after something: A second mistake followed hard on the heels of the first one.
(Definition of (hard) on the heels of something from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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hard to swallow idiom
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