the heat

noun

: pressure to do something

The administration is putting the heat on legislators to approve the tax bill.

She's at her best when the heat is on with tight deadlines.

The company has turned up the heat on its employees to finish the job quickly.

Note: The expression if you can't stand/take the heat, get out of the kitchen means that you should not try to do a difficult job if you cannot deal with the pressure and problems that are part of the job.

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Turn the heat to medium and stir in the turkey, half the cheddar, the parmesan, and sherry. —

Farideh Sadeghin, Saveur, 29 Nov. 2024 By the end of my first half-hour trial session, my muscles felt looser, as did my overall mood—a few mental knots seemed to have unwound themselves in the heat. —

Jenny Berg, Allure, 27 Nov. 2024 The morgue scene demonstrates the heat being turned up around Governor Dutton's death investigation. —

Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2024 Inside the arms of the glasses is a vapor chamber—a miniature cooling system that disperses the heat away from the processors and across the arms of the glasses. —

Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 24 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the heat