See kick one's heels on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1830, The Edinburgh Literary Journal, volume 1, page 231:",
"text": "[…] whether, in one single instance, any individual has been obliged to kick his heels in the lobby even for one minute, and whether the order was not instantly granted ?",
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"ref": "1893, Robert Louis Stevenson, Catriona, Dedication: To Charles Baxter",
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