TURN UP THE HEAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does turn up the heat mean? 

• TURN UP THE HEAT (verb)
  The verb TURN UP THE HEAT has 1 sense:

1. apply great or increased pressure

  Familiarity information: TURN UP THE HEAT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TURN UP THE HEAT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Apply great or increased pressure

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

turn up the heat; turn up the pressure

Context example:

The Democrats turned up the heat on their candidate to concede the election

Hypernyms (to "turn up the heat" is one way to...):

coerce; force; hale; pressure; squeeze (to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP