turn_up_the_heat (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *turn up the heat*:
VERB	social	turn up the heat, turn up the pressure	apply great or increased pressure

English > *turn up the heat*: 1 sense > verb 1, social
Meaning	apply great or increased pressure.
Pattern	Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP
Synonym	turn up the pressure
Broader	coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force	To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means

HyperDic: turn_up_the_heat