under the heel of somebody/somethingCONTROLcompletely controlled by a government or group 任由…摆布;被…操纵 a people under the heel of an increasingly dictatorial regime 在日益专制的政府统治下的一个民族
under the heel of somebody/something• The country is once more under the heel of a dictator.
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