take the heat
Example Sentences
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On a sobering night, it's not the interim manager who will take the heat.
From BBC • Nov. 6, 2025
Do a better job of running with Tony Pollard and Tyjae Spears to take the heat off Ward.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2025
Librarians who speak out against the spuriousness of the process might themselves be removed, in order to take the heat off school districts.
From Salon • Jun. 26, 2025
Many CSP factories focus the light from their mirrors onto specially designed towers that can take the heat and turn it into electricity, usually by turning water into steam.
From NewsForKids.net • May 21, 2024
Old Charley Burns was out of the office at a stock-car race, so Dad had to take the heat.
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
