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]
heat up
| Idioms: heat up |
| WordNet: heat up |
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The verb has 3 meanings:
Meaning #1:
gain heat or get hot
Synonyms: heat, hot up
Meaning #2:
make hot or hotter
Synonym: heat
Meaning #3:
make more intense
Synonyms: hot up, screw up
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 | warm |
| heat (Idiom) |
| forced drying |
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