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take the heat off
take the heat off
take the heat off
(of)
someone or something
Fig. to relieve the pressure on someone or something. (Of
is usually retained before pronouns.)
That really takes the heat off of all of us. The change in the deadline takes the heat off the office staff.
See also:
heat
,
off
,
take
take the heat off
somebody
to stop people criticizing or attacking someone
If your deputy admitted responsibility and resigned, it would take a lot of the heat off you.
See also:
heat
,
off
,
take
Common Names:
Name
Gender
Pronounced
Usage
Margalita
-
Hebrew
Stylianos
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Greek, Late Greek
Bulat
-
Kazakh
Yaromil
-
Medieval Slavic (Hypothetical)
Matthias
mah-TEE-ahs
(German)
, mə-THIE-əs
(English)
Greek, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, French, Dutch, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Lord
[lɔ:d]
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