put the heat on someone
put the heat on (one)
1. To pressure one to do something. We need to put the heat on those guys so that they finally pay their debt to us.
2. To force an opponent to work harder. You can expect them to start putting the heat on us in the second half, so don't come out sleeping.
See also: heat, on, put
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
put the heat on someone
verbSee put the screws on someone
See also: heat, on, put, someone
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- put the heat on
- put the heat on (one)
- stand the test of time
- survive the test of time
- withstand
- withstand the test of time
- the old one-two
- old one-two
- buck up (one's) ideas
- buck up your ideas