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heat

1. and the heat n. the police. (Underworld.) The heat is gonna catch up with you, Ernie.

2. n. pressure. The boss put some heat on Willy, and things are moving faster now.

3. n. a gun; armaments. (see also heater.) Lefty has his heat on him at all times.

See:

• be packing (heat)
• beat the heat
• catch heat
• come in heat
• dead heat
• heat
• heat up
• heat wave
• If can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen
• If you can’t stand the heat, keep out of the kitchen
• If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen
• in a dead heat
• in heat
• in the heat of
• in the heat of the moment
• It's not the heat, it's the humidity
• pack heat
• put the heat on
• put the heat on someone
• put the screws on someone
• take some heat
• take the heat
• take the heat off
• take the heat off someone
• the heat
• the heat is on
• turn the heat up
• turn up the heat
• turn up the heat on