Put the heat on someone
verb phrase
To use coercive pressure; LEAN ON someone: He put the heat on me to vote that way (1936+)
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Also, keep the lid on. Suppress, as in I don’t know how but we’ll have to put the lid on that rumor about her, or Let’s keep the lid on our suspicions. The word lid here is used in the sense of “a cover for a container.” [ Early 1900s ]
- Put the make on someone
verb phrase To make sexual advances; MAKE A PASS AT someone: The codger was horny and put the make on the lady cop (1970s+)
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