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feel the heat

feel the heat verb: to encounter an uncomfortable situation.

Verb

feel the heat (third-person singular simple present feels the heat, present participle feeling the heat, simple past and past participle felt the heat)

  1. To encounter an uncomfortable situation.

Forms of feel the heat

third-person singular presentfeels the heat
present participlefeeling the heat
past participlefelt the heat
pastfelt the heat

Questions about feel the heat

What does feel the heat mean?
Feel the heat means to encounter an uncomfortable situation.
What part of speech is feel the heat?
Feel the heat is a verb.
What is the past tense of feel the heat?
The past tense of feel the heat is felt the heat.

Words near feel the heat in the dictionary

  1. feel someone's pain
  2. feel sorry for
  3. feel ten feet tall
  4. feel the Bern
  5. feel the burn
  6. feel the heat
  7. feel the pinch
  8. feel twelve feet tall
  9. feel up
  10. feel-bad
  11. feel-good

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