hot up

• Verbo frasal que significa tornar-se mais emocionante, intenso ou ativo, ou ainda esquentar ou aquecer algo.

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

incontável · transitivo e intransitivo · phrasal, separável

1. Become more exciting or intenseinformalbritish

   To increase in intensity, excitement, or activity.

   Intensificar-se

   • 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.

   Sinônimosaccelerateescalateheat upheightenintensifyliven uppick up

   Antônimoscalmcoolsubside

2. Become hotterinformalbritish

   To increase in temperature.

   Esquentar

   • 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.

   Sinônimosheatheat upwarmwarm up

   Antônimoschillcoolcool down