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.

Examples of the heat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As the migrants boarded, a man hoisted one of the passengers in the air, a fussing 8-month-old baby whose face was flushed red from the heat. —Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025

Two of the missing employees had been in a building where people jumped from windows to escape the flames after the heat melted the doors shut, Garber said. —Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025

Temperature and Humidity 'Lemon-Lime' Nandina tolerates the heat and humidity of Southern landscapes. —Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2025

Then there is the heat—thick, luscious, sedating—to say nothing of the numerous places to sample cachaça, the potent spirit distilled in the area. —David Amsden, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for the heat

• amit
• athlete
• backseat
• blackfeet
• broadsheet
• browbeat
• buckwheat
• compete
• compleat
• complete
• conceit
• concrete