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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Characterized by a stride in which the heel of one foot touches ground before the toe of the other foot is lifted, as in walking races.
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Examples
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Pedal position is just about perfect for heel-and-toe footwork
BMW 1M Coupe 2011
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Pedal position is just about perfect for heel-and-toe footwork.
BMW 1M: Miniature, Mighty and Miles of Fun Dan Neil 2011
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Despite some concerns, brake override doesn't impede a boy racer from using fancy footwork like heel-and-toe downshifting or left-foot braking to tease a car through fast turns or from pulling off those crowd-pleasing, tire-smoking, "brake stand" burnouts.
Track test: How does brake-override affect enthusiast driving? 2010
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And how about heel-and-toe downshifting my old Lotus Super 7?
Tapping Accelerator, Brakes at the Same Time Jonathan Welsh 2010
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Heel and toe: Driving the sporty GTI, we zipped through our serpentine handling course using the heel-and-toe technique to rapidly downshift, blipping the throttle while braking before each corner.
Track test: How does brake-override affect enthusiast driving? 2010
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Despite some concerns, brake override doesn't impede a boy racer from using fancy footwork like heel-and-toe downshifting or left-foot braking to tease a car through fast turns or from pulling off those crowd-pleasing, tire-smoking, "brake stand" burnouts.
Track test: How does brake-override affect enthusiast driving? 2010
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And how about heel-and-toe downshifting my old Lotus Super 7?
Tapping Accelerator, Brakes at the Same Time Jonathan Welsh 2010
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And how about heel-and-toe downshifting my old Lotus Super 7?
Tapping Accelerator, Brakes at the Same Time Jonathan Welsh 2010
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And how about heel-and-toe downshifting my old Lotus Super 7?
Tapping Accelerator, Brakes at the Same Time Jonathan Welsh 2010
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Heel and toe: Driving the sporty GTI, we zipped through our serpentine handling course using the heel-and-toe technique to rapidly downshift, blipping the throttle while braking before each corner.
Track test: How does brake-override affect enthusiast driving? 2010
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