turn up the heat

• Idiomatischer Ausdruck für die Verstärkung von Druck, Intensität oder Anstrengung in einer Situation, oft um ein Ergebnis zu erzielen oder eine Aufgabe zu erschweren.

An idiomatic expression meaning to increase pressure, intensity, or effort in a situation, often to force a result or make things more challenging.

1. Increase pressure or intensityB2informal

   To make a situation more intense, urgent, or demanding.

   Druck erhöhen

   • The boss turned up the heat on the team to meet the deadline.
   • The competition is turning up the heat with new marketing strategies.
   • When the negotiations stalled, they turned up the heat by threatening legal action.

2. Increase temperatureA2informal

   To raise the temperature of a heating device or environment.

   Die Temperatur erhöhen

   • It's getting cold in here, can you turn up the heat?
   • She turned up the heat on the stove to boil the water faster.
   • I turned up the heat in the car because I was freezing.