turn up the heat

• Expresión idiomática que significa intensificar la presión, la intensidad o el esfuerzo en una situación, a menudo para lograr un resultado o hacer más difícil la tarea. También puede referirse literalmente a aumentar la temperatura.

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.

   subir la presión / intensificar

   • 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.

   Subir la temperatura

   • 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.