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Phrase(s): turn the heat up (on someone) Fig. to use force to persuade someone to do something; to increase the pressure on someone to do something. • Management is turning the heat up to increase production. • The teacher really turned up the heat on the students by saying that everyone would be punished if the real culprit was not found.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs