hot up
phrasal verbwithhotverbuk/hɒt/us/hɑːt/-tt-
UKinformalIf aneventorsituationhots up, itbecomesmoreexcitingand more thingsstarttohappen:
（事件或情况）加剧，变得更加激烈A fewdaysbefore theelections, thepacebegantohotup.选举前几天，节奏开始加快。
Thecompetitionis really hotting up now.现在比赛已进入白热化状态。
Increasing and intensifying
- -ify
- accretion
- accumulate
- accumulative
- add fuel to the fireidiom
- additive
- blaze
- crank
- heighten
- increase
- increment
- inflame
- inflation
- mushroom
- redouble
- resurge
- rocket
- saturation
- scalesomethingup
- stake