take the heat
Example Sentences
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And she says, paradoxically, the existence of camera-free glasses might help "take the heat" off people who wear camera-enabled glasses in public.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
He pledged to focus on bread-and-butter issues like household bills to take the heat out of the immigration debate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
Librarians who speak out against the spuriousness of the process might themselves be removed, in order to take the heat off school districts.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2025
Hoover insists he is prepared to take the heat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2024
“We were brothers. And the deal is, I take the heat and he goes home.”
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
