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

Metro Atlanta is turning up the heat with this weekend’s lineup of events. —Kayla Rivera, AJC.com, 26 May 2026

Early heat waves can be particularly dangerous because our bodies haven’t had much time to adapt to the heat after the cooler winter months. —Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 26 May 2026

The light is better, the heat less punishing, and the forest more active. —Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026

Seven deaths in France have been attributed to the heat, though most were indirectly linked, said French Junior Energy Minister Maud Bregeon on May 26. —Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 26 May 2026

Rhymes for the heat

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