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 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
What is more, Noah’s signing came just as the race for the White House was set to hot up.
From The Guardian • Sep. 5, 2015
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
“I say it’s awful hot up here so close to the sun. Bless my long underwear.”
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
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