hot up

• Verbe à particule signifiant devenir plus excitant, intense ou actif, ou chauffer quelque chose.

A phrasal verb meaning to become more exciting, intense, or active, or to heat something.

indénombrable · transitif et intransitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Become more exciting or intenseinformalbritish

   To increase in intensity, excitement, or activity.

   s'intensifier

   • The competition really hotted up in the final round.
   • The party started to hot up after midnight.
   • The political debate hotted up as the election approached.

   Synonymesaccelerateescalateheat upheightenintensifyliven uppick up

   Antonymescalmcoolsubside

2. Become hotterinformalbritish

   To increase in temperature.

   Devenir plus chaud

   • The weather is expected to hot up later this week.
   • The engine hotted up after a long drive.
   • The oven hotted up quickly when we turned it on.

   Synonymesheatheat upwarmwarm up

   Antonymeschillcoolcool down