TAKE THE HEAT Definition & Meaning

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Endure severe censure or criticism, as in He was known for being able to take the heat during a crisis . This idiom uses heat in the sense of “intense pressure,” as in if you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen . [First half of 1900s]

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As he would see it, the prime minister has sought to re-rationalise the conversation around verifiable facts and take the heat out of it.

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It was left to President Biden to do the difficult task of ending it and take the heat that Trump was too cowardly to take.

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Streeting said he hoped the review would "take the heat out of the issue".

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But can he take the heat off Lincoln Riley?

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But most agents don’t take the heat from their colleagues that Rafa Nieves apparently did when he negotiated a one-year, $23.5-million deal for Teoscar Hernández with the Dodgers last offseason.

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