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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“It’s going to be very, very hot up there,” Sweet said.
From Los Angeles Times
It’ll be a wee while before things hot up this morning.
From The Guardian
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 will be nasty if it gets hot up north and the snow melt accelerates after this winter system they are encountering now,” Golding said.
From Los Angeles Times
Shortly after the new live-in housemaid shows up in “Lizzie,” her employer asks her if she is comfortable in her new digs: “It can get quite hot up there,” he tells her.
From Washington Post
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