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

Mike Brown on Josh Hart’s illness, Andre Drummond on the glass, Jalen Brunson’s Player of the Week, and the heat on Kenny Atkinson. — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 10 Nov. 2026

Turn the heat to low and cook so the guanciale can render out all its fat, about 10 minutes. — ABC News, 10 Nov. 2026

Visible from the rig are three new power plants that geothermal energy company Fervo has constructed just a stone’s throw away to transform the heat into electricity. — Kyla Mandel, Time, 9 Nov. 2026

Study participants who were dehydrated after working out in the heat were given water to drink. — Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 8 Nov. 2026

Rhymes for the heat

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