snap at somebody's heels

Clearwater was right about you always snapping at each other's heels!

The red wolf snapped at their heels, urging them forward.

Miller had been feeling the void snapping at his heels.

He could not move until the man had gone, and time was snapping at his heels like a herdsman's dog.

Men ran every which way, seeking escape as hell snapped at their heels.

I did not like the thought of those great metal brutes snapping at our heels.

It was no place to stay, with the ghouls snapping at our heels.

They haven't got the police snapping at their heels.

You can't get anywhere, even with wolves snapping at your heels to hurry things up.

Dogs are snapping at my heels in the form of critics and film companies.