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catches heat

catches heat is the third-person singular simple present indicative of catch heat.

Meaning of catch heat

Verb

catch heat (third-person singular simple present catches heat, present participle catching heat, simple past and past participle caught heat)

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) To get into trouble with somebody; to be scolded or chastised.
    • Another area in which corporations have been catching heat is in the area of environmental pollution, and justifiably so.1989, Edwin C. Sims, Capitalism, in Spite of it All, page 296
    Synonyms:
    catch hell

Questions about catches heat

What is catches heat the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Catches heat is the third-person singular simple present indicative of catch heat.

Words near catches heat in the dictionary

  1. catches dust
  2. catches feelings
  3. catches fire
  4. catches flies
  5. catches hands
  6. catches heat
  7. catches hell
  8. catches hold
  9. catches in 4k
  10. catches in possession
  11. catches it

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