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101in the heat of the moment — ► in the heat of the moment while temporarily angry or excited and without stopping for thought. Main Entry: ↑heat …
102take the heat off someone — take the heat off (someone) to stop people criticizing or attacking someone. If your deputy admitted responsibility and resigned, it would take a lot of the heat off you …
103take the heat off — (someone) to stop people criticizing or attacking someone. If your deputy admitted responsibility and resigned, it would take a lot of the heat off you …
104take the heat out of — To lessen the vehemence, intensity of emotion, or acrimony of (a situation, etc) • • • Main Entry: ↑heat …
105List of In the Heat of the Night episodes — Country Mouse, City Mouse redirects here. For the children s animated cartoon series, see The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures. The following are a list of episodes of the television series In the Heat of the Night, which aired from… …
106turn on the heat — (informal) To use brutal treatment, mental or physical, esp in order to coerce • • • Main Entry: ↑heat …
107if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen — if you do not like the pressure you can leave; if you can t cut it, you can t stay In the boardroom someone had written on the flip chart If you can t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen! …
108if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen — Originally a Harry S. Truman quote, this means that if you can t take the pressure, then you should remove yourself from the situation …
109turn up the heat — verb apply great or increased pressure The Democrats turned up the heat on their candidate to concede the election • Syn: ↑turn up the pressure • Hypernyms: ↑coerce, ↑hale, ↑squeeze, ↑pressure, ↑force …
110in the heat of the moment — at a time when you are too angry or excited to think carefully We both said things we didn t mean in the heat of the moment …
