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                           Phrase(s): put the heat on (someone) [and] put the screws on (someone); put the squeeze on (someone); put the heat on; put the screws on; put the squeeze on  Sl. to put pressure on someone (to do something); to coerce someone.  •  John wouldn’t talk, so the police were putting the heat on him to confess.  •  When my boss puts the screws on, he can be very unpleasant.  •  The police know how to put the squeeze on.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
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                           see TURN UP THE HEAT.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
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                           Phrase(s): put the heat on 1.  to turn on central heating; to increase the amount of heat in a room or house.  •  It's going to get cold tonight. I'd better put the heat on.  •  Let's put on the heat to take off the chill. 2.  Go to put the heat on (someone).
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
                        McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs