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ACHILLES' HEEL

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Achilles' heel mean?

• ACHILLES' HEEL (noun)
The noun ACHILLES' HEEL has 1 sense:

1. a seemingly small but actual mortal weakness

Familiarity information: ACHILLES' HEEL used as a noun is very rare.

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• ACHILLES' HEEL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A seemingly small but actual mortal weakness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("Achilles' heel" is a kind of...):

soft spot; weak part; weak spot (a place of especial vulnerability)

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