get hot

Go on streak

Get hot means to become heated, literally or figuratively.

Food gets hot in the microwave; a room gets hot in summer.

Someone who gets hot may become angry or sexually aroused.

In sports and gambling, to get hot is to enter a streak of success: The shooter got hot and won back everything.

Things get hot when they become intense, dangerous, or heavily contested.

Related

turn up the heat · fry · passionate · roast · intensify · scorch · excited · enthusiastic · trending · ignite · boil · simmer · viral · steamy · swelter · escalate · in heat · flush

Opposites
temperature change

get hotcool down

Reduce temperature or intensity

cool off · freeze · chill · grow cold · ice over

emotional intensity

get hotcalm down

Become less agitated

cool down · cool off · simmer down · chill out · relax

performance/success

get hotcool off

Reduce in temperature or intensity

slump · fizzle out · tank · fall off · bottom out

Family

hot, get, got, getting, heater, reheat, gets, gotten, preheat

Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG