Management is turning the heat up to increase production.
•The teacher really turned up the heat on the students by saying that everyone would be punished if the real culprit was not found.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
turn up the heat — (on sb/sth) (also put the heat on sb) ► to try to force someone or something to do something in order to get the result you want: »OPEC could turn up the heat by increasing oil prices still further. Main Entry: ↑heat … Financial and business terms
turn up the heat on sb — turn up the heat (on sb/sth) (also put the heat on sb) ► to try to force someone or something to do something in order to get the result you want: »OPEC could turn up the heat by increasing oil prices still further. Main Entry: ↑heat … Financial and business terms
turn up the heat on sb/sth — turn up the heat (on sb/sth) (also put the heat on sb) ► to try to force someone or something to do something in order to get the result you want: »OPEC could turn up the heat by increasing oil prices still further. Main Entry: ↑heat … Financial and business terms
turn up the heat on sth — turn up the heat (on sb/sth) (also put the heat on sb) ► to try to force someone or something to do something in order to get the result you want: »OPEC could turn up the heat by increasing oil prices still further. Main Entry: ↑heat … Financial and business terms
turn on/up the heat — If you turn on or up the heat on someone, you put pressure on them in order to obtain what you want. If the goods are not delivered this week, we ll have to turn up the heat … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
turn up the heat — 1. to make a situation more serious by trying harder to force someone to do something. Lorry drivers are discussing whether to turn up the heat on their bosses by holding a one day strike. (often + on) The United States has turned up the heat by… … New idioms dictionary
turn — [[t]tɜ͟ː(r)n[/t]] ♦ turns, turning, turned (Turn is used in a large number of other expressions which are explained under other words in the dictionary. For example, the expression turn over a new leaf is explained at leaf.) 1) VERB When you turn … English dictionary
heat — heat1 [ hit ] noun *** ▸ 1 hot quality ▸ 2 part of competition ▸ 3 in physics ▸ 4 strong feeling/anger ▸ 5 pressure and criticism ▸ 6 for making building warm ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) singular or uncount the quality of being hot, or how hot something is … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
heat — I UK [hiːt] / US [hɪt] noun Word forms heat : singular heat plural heats *** 1) [singular/uncountable] the quality of being hot, or the degree to which something is hot These paints can withstand heat up to 200 degrees. The firefighters were… … English dictionary
The Deer Hunter — For other uses, see Deer Hunter (disambiguation). The Deer Hunter Theatrical poster … Wikipedia
turn up — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you say that someone or something turns up, you mean that they arrive, often unexpectedly or after you have been waiting a long time. [V P] Richard had turned up on Christmas Eve with Tony... [V P] This is similar to waiting… … English dictionary
