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turn up the heat en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see turn up, heat.
  2. (idiomatic) To increase the intensity of activity or discomfort.
    • For Firefighter Joseph Ceravolo, President Obama turned up the heat, so to speak, even before he sat down to an early lunch on Thursday. 2011 May 5, James Barron, Colin Moynihan, “Obama Visits Firehouse in Midtown Manhattan”, in New York Times, retrieved 24 Nov 2011:
    • The discovery of a third batch of unsecured documents in a third location is turning up the heat on the White House.

Forms

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turned up the heat Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
turned up the heat Tense=Past lexicographic
turns up the heat Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
turn on the heat UK, alternative lexicographic
turning up the heat Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic