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Idioms and Phrases

Cause trouble or discomfort for someone, as in They made it so hot for Larry that he had to resign , or The police were making it hot for shoplifters . This seemingly modern idiom was first recorded in 1618.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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