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caught heat

caught heat is the simple past and past participle 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 caught heat

What is caught heat the simple past and past participle of?
Caught heat is the simple past and past participle of catch heat.

Words near caught heat in the dictionary

  1. caught dust
  2. caught feelings
  3. caught fire
  4. caught flies
  5. caught hands
  6. caught heat
  7. caught hell
  8. caught hold
  9. caught in 4k
  10. caught in possession
  11. caught in the cookie jar

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