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come in hot

idiom

To enter the scene of conflict quickly and aggressively.


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  1. 01

    as they come

    As it is possible to be.

  2. 02

    baking hot

    Very hot.

  3. 03

    blow hot air

    To engage in empty or exaggerated talk that lacks substance, credibility, or truth; to bluster.

  4. 04

    blow hot and cold

    To behave inconsistently; to vacillate or to waver, as between extremes of opinion or emotion.

  5. 05

    blow to kingdom come

    To totally destroy (something); to annihilate or wipe out (something).

  6. 06

    boiling hot

    Extremely hot (having a high temperature: of an object, the weather, a living creature).

  7. 07

    Christmas come early

    Something very delightful or fortunate that is happening or has happened, especially earlier than expected.

  8. 08

    come a cropper

    To suffer some accident or misfortune; to fail.

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