Meanings
verbcatch heat (third-person singular simple present catches heat, present participle catching heat, simple past and past participle caught heat)
present singular third person catches heat · participle present catching heat · participle past caught heat · past caught heat
- colloquialidiomaticTo get into trouble with somebody; to be scolded or chastised.
Another area in which corporations have been catching heat is in the area of environmental pollution, and justifiably so.
1989, Edwin C. Sims, Capitalism, in Spite of it All, page 296Synonyms: catch hell
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo get into trouble with somebody; to be scolded or chastised.
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Translations
Finnish joutua läksytetyksi, kuulla huutia
- joutua läksytetyksito be scolded or chastised
- kuulla huutiato be scolded or chastised
French se faire appeler Arthur, se faire sonner les cloches
- se faire appeler Arthurto be scolded or chastised
- se faire sonner les clochesto be scolded or chastised
- se faire tirer les oreillesto be scolded or chastised
- se faire remonter les bretellesto be scolded or chastised
- se faire enguirlanderto be scolded or chastised
Polish być ukaranym
- być ukaranymto be scolded or chastised
Russian получи́ть по пе́рвое число́, получи́ть нагоня́й
- получи́ть по пе́рвое число́ (polučítʹ po pérvoje čisló)to be scolded or chastised
- получи́ть нагоня́й (polučítʹ nagonjáj)to be scolded or chastised
- получи́ть взбу́чку (polučítʹ vzbúčku)to be scolded or chastised
- попа́сть под разда́чу (popástʹ pod razdáču)to be scolded or chastised
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catch heat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catch%20heat
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“catch heat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catch%20heat. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “catch heat,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catch%20heat.
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