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hot seat

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hot seat

 
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–noun Slang.
1. electric chair.
2. a highly uncomfortable or embarrassing situation: I'm in the hot seat because of the contract I lost.
Origin:
1915–20
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hot seat  
n.  

  1. Slang The electric chair.

  2. Informal A position in which one is subjected to extreme stress or discomfort, as by excessive criticism.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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hot seat

  1. n.
    the electric chair. (Underworld. See also in the hot seat.) : The hot seat is just waiting for you, Lefty.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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