Definition of hot water
: trouble 4, difficulty
- was in hot water with the authorities
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For dinner, Clark would put canned food into a bucket of hot water so the labels would fall off.
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Earlier this year, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration contacted Digital First over the lack of hot water in the bathrooms for more than a month in The Trentonian.
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Sold in boxes of six individually packaged sachets, the instant coffee can be combined with 8-10 ounces of hot water, stirred for 5 seconds, and sipped immediately.
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Then this week things got really weird with the news that one of Pruitt’s staffers hatched a plan to get his boss out of hot water by planting negative stories about another Cabinet secretary.
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Uneven heating of its water source would create the geyser’s seemingly random bursts of hot water.
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The child's mother, Lindsey McBride, 25, explained the injuries by telling deputies the child fell down the stairs and later pulled a pot of hot water from the stove on April 3.
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Erschabek also expressed concerns about conditions on the unit, pointing to letters from prisoners alleging a lack of hot water in the cells, piled up trash and difficulty flushing toilets.
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The thawed acre featured several pools of hot water.
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First Known Use of hot water
1842
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Definition of hot water for Students
: a difficult or distressing situation
Her lies got her into hot water.
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