take the heat
Example Sentences
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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
In many ways I hope Forest win, to take the heat off Postecoglou a little, but I don't see it happening.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2025
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
Many CSP factories focus the light from their mirrors onto specially designed towers that can take the heat and turn it into electricity, usually by turning water into steam.
From NewsForKids.net ● May 21, 2024
But Eisenhower was willing to take the heat, as long as there was still a chance for his meeting with the Soviet leader to succeed.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
