hot up
Britishverb
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to make or become more exciting, active, or intense
the chase was hotting up
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(tr) another term for soup up
Example Sentences
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Things were always going to hot up then however with many of the sprinters not in contention for the points classification expected to pull out of the race after Wednesday’s stage.
From The Guardian • May 21, 2019
It is too hot up there for pinot, We grow pinot in Sonoma where I live.
From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2018
It was so hot up there because that’s where the projector was, emitting all this heat.
From MSNBC • Mar. 20, 2016
The forecast for Rome in the first week of July is punishingly hot, up to ninety-five degrees Fahrenheit.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 10, 2015
That kid is so sharp—got it right away, tossed Maman’s irons into the kitchen fire to hot up, pointed me to the ironing board, and ran for her sister.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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