turn up the heat — (on sb/sth) (also put the heat on sb) ► to try to force someone or something to do something in order to get the result you want: »OPEC could turn up the heat by increasing oil prices still further. Main Entry: ↑heat … Financial and business terms
turn up the heat on sb — turn up the heat (on sb/sth) (also put the heat on sb) ► to try to force someone or something to do something in order to get the result you want: »OPEC could turn up the heat by increasing oil prices still further. Main Entry: ↑heat … Financial and business terms
turn on the heat — (informal) To use brutal treatment, mental or physical, esp in order to coerce • • • Main Entry: ↑heat … Useful english dictionary
turn up the heat — 1. to make a situation more serious by trying harder to force someone to do something. Lorry drivers are discussing whether to turn up the heat on their bosses by holding a one day strike. (often + on) The United States has turned up the heat by… … New idioms dictionary
turn up the heat on sb/sth — turn up the heat (on sb/sth) (also put the heat on sb) ► to try to force someone or something to do something in order to get the result you want: »OPEC could turn up the heat by increasing oil prices still further. Main Entry: ↑heat … Financial and business terms
turn up the heat on sth — turn up the heat (on sb/sth) (also put the heat on sb) ► to try to force someone or something to do something in order to get the result you want: »OPEC could turn up the heat by increasing oil prices still further. Main Entry: ↑heat … Financial and business terms
Turn Up the Heat with G. Garvin — infobox television show name = Turn Up the Heat with G. Garvin caption = format = Cooking runtime = 30 minutes creator = executive producers = starring = Gerry Garvin country = USA network = TV One debut = Fall 2004 num episodes = 53 episodes as… … Wikipedia
turn up the heat — verb apply great or increased pressure The Democrats turned up the heat on their candidate to concede the election • Syn: ↑turn up the pressure • Hypernyms: ↑coerce, ↑hale, ↑squeeze, ↑pressure, ↑force … Useful english dictionary
turn on the heat — Exert pressure … A concise dictionary of English slang
turn on/up the heat — If you turn on or up the heat on someone, you put pressure on them in order to obtain what you want. If the goods are not delivered this week, we ll have to turn up the heat … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
turn up the pressure — verb apply great or increased pressure The Democrats turned up the heat on their candidate to concede the election • Syn: ↑turn up the heat • Hypernyms: ↑coerce, ↑hale, ↑squeeze, ↑pressure, ↑force … Useful english dictionary
