Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb turn_up_the_heat

1 sense of turn up the heat

Sense 1
turn up the heat, turn up the pressure -- (apply great or increased pressure; "The Democrats turned up the heat on their candidate to concede the election")
       => coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force -- (to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information")