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put the heat on

put the heat on verb: synonym of turn up the heat.

Verb

put the heat on (third-person singular simple present puts the heat on, present participle putting the heat on, simple past and past participle put the heat on)

  1. Synonym of turn up the heat.

Synonyms of put the heat on

Forms of put the heat on

third-person singular presentputs the heat on
present participleputting the heat on
past participleput the heat on
pastput the heat on

Questions about put the heat on

What does put the heat on mean?
Put the heat on means synonym of turn up the heat.
What part of speech is put the heat on?
Put the heat on is a verb.
What is the past tense of put the heat on?
The past tense of put the heat on is put the heat on.

Words near put the heat on in the dictionary

  1. put the fries in the bag
  2. put the frighteners on someone
  3. put the genie back in the bottle
  4. put the hammer down
  5. put the heart across one
  6. put the heat on
  7. put the herd on someone
  8. put the kibosh on
  9. put the kybosh on
  10. put the last hand to
  11. put the lid on

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