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catching heat

catching heat is the present participle and gerund 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 catching heat

What is catching heat the present participle and gerund of?
Catching heat is the present participle and gerund of catch heat.

Words near catching heat in the dictionary

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

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