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heat up

Idioms  
  1. Become acute or intense, as in If inflation heats up, the interest rate will surely rise, or The debate over the budget was heating up. [Early 1200s]


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As competitive pressures heat up among AI hardware suppliers, D.A.

From MarketWatch

“We typically see inflation heat up in January as the combination of new year price increases and lagged seasonal factors have elevated January prints since 2021,” writes Mike Reid, head of RBC’s U.S. economics team.

From Barron's

As those grains heat up, they could release vapor and supply the surrounding cloud of gas.

From Science Daily

But then he noticed how the arrows on his arms began to heat up.

From Literature

"I'm not going to add to the discourse, because I don't think it's very helpful to heat up any kind of discourse like that," IOC spokesperson Mark Adams said on Monday.

From Barron's