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put heat on
verb as in browbeat
verb as in menace
Example Sentences
But Republicans who control the House are already working on ways to investigate potential threats from the United States' top geopolitical rival and have been quick to put heat on Biden about the balloon, questioning how it was allowed into U.S. airspace.
The Browns were ultra-aggressive Sunday as coordinator Joe Woods dialed up numerous blitzes — cornerback Troy Hill had two sacks — to put heat on Burrow and Cleveland’s secondary played more man-to-man coverage.
“That would have put heat on anybody at the end of the game when you’re down multiple possessions like that,” Smith said, adding having rookie starters is “not our excuse. … They beat us whether we had a rookie.”
The Wolverines have 12 of their 19 sacks the last two weeks and will be looking to put heat on Big Ten passing yards leader Sean Clifford.
“I got, you know, focused on trying to hit a shot, to put heat on Phil, to put a ball on a green, to make putts. I got lost in the heat of the competition, which in hindsight looking back, that was fun to lose myself there in the heat of the moment in a competitive scenario against Phil.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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