The room heated up quickly
Something ——s
Emotions were screwed up
Somebody ——s something
Something ——s something
he souped up the old cars
Somebody ——s something
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intransitive verbthe gossip began to hot up — Life
the air raids began to hot up about the beginning of February — George Orwell
getting him all hotted up — Lord Beaverbrook
a protest against … the genteel hotting up of Shakespearean productions robbed of all poetry — Stephen Spender
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The debate on electoral reform hotted up yesterday.
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he hotted up the flask in Daisy's hand
the championship contest hotted up
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The controversy has hotted up [=heated up] again.
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Things are really hotting up in the election campaign.
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The title race is certainly hotting up.
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The pace is hotting up.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.