Idiom
turn up the heat
Meaning
To increase the intensity of activity or discomfort.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The team needs to turn up the heat to win this game.”
“After the rival company launched a cheaper product, our manager decided to turn up the heat on our marketing department.”
“As the investigation progressed, the detectives began to turn up the heat on the primary suspect, hoping to force a confession before the trial began.”
Examples
simple
“The team needs to turn up the heat to win this game.”
contextual
“After the rival company launched a cheaper product, our manager decided to turn up the heat on our marketing department.”
complex
“As the investigation progressed, the detectives began to turn up the heat on the primary suspect, hoping to force a confession before the trial began.”
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