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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The Nemesis: Relentless MI6 agent Bianca Pullman (Lashana Lynch) is hot on the Jackal’s trail — and almost gets him.
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Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 19 June 2025
The viral post comes hot on the heels of a post in which a dad challenges users to complete his 5-year-old son's tricky word search.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
Meanwhile, a crooked wayfarer named St. Christophe (Jackson) is hot on Broadway’s trail, catching up with the young man and revealing that his dead dad wasn’t, in fact, a stand-up guy.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2025
Dexter: Resurrection, the follow-up to 2021’s Dexter: New Blood, reveals that Michael C. Hall’s title character isn’t actually dead and is hot on the trail of his missing son, Harrison.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 19 May 2025
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Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 19 June 2025
The viral post comes hot on the heels of a post in which a dad challenges users to complete his 5-year-old son's tricky word search.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
Meanwhile, a crooked wayfarer named St. Christophe (Jackson) is hot on Broadway’s trail, catching up with the young man and revealing that his dead dad wasn’t, in fact, a stand-up guy.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2025
Dexter: Resurrection, the follow-up to 2021’s Dexter: New Blood, reveals that Michael C. Hall’s title character isn’t actually dead and is hot on the trail of his missing son, Harrison.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 19 May 2025
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“Hot on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20on. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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