hot on
idiom
informal
: strongly favoring or liking (something)
The company president is very hot on the idea of developing new products.
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That first part wasn't too surprising since other AI companies like Google are hot on the heels of OpenAI with their own simulated reasoning models.
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Ars Technica, 27 Jan. 2025
But if Naples’s gaudy decadence is hot on social media, the city is also experiencing a much more unromantic, enduring and crude degradation that is engulfing the youth from its poorer quarters.
—Gianni Cipriano, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
Heather Graham is running hot on a New Year's vacation!
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 1 Jan. 2025
The Giants sent a lot of money to shortstop Willy Adames, but they're still rumored to be hot on Burnes' tail.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Ars Technica, 27 Jan. 2025
But if Naples’s gaudy decadence is hot on social media, the city is also experiencing a much more unromantic, enduring and crude degradation that is engulfing the youth from its poorer quarters.
—Gianni Cipriano, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
Heather Graham is running hot on a New Year's vacation!
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 1 Jan. 2025
The Giants sent a lot of money to shortstop Willy Adames, but they're still rumored to be hot on Burnes' tail.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Hot on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20on. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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