on the heels of

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Yes, "on the heel of ", meaning "following,隨着" is followed by noun/ noun clause. "buying the new guitar----> "buying" is a gerund 動名詞, also functioning as a noun. A grammar rule states that after the preposition,e.g "of",, it is followed by a gerund.介詞後要用動名詞。