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Discover LudwigThe phrase "take heat" is a grammatically correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It is often used in a figurative sense to mean facing criticism, backlash or negative attention. Example: "The politician's controversial statement caused her to take heat from both the media and her own party."
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Didn't Donald Rumsfeld take heat for that?
Sports-medicine professionals take heat seriously.
Levine was going to take heat.
"As leader, I would take heat for it".
"If that means I have to take heat, that's my job.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has sought to take heat off the president on Libya.
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In this work, we take heat-conduction nanofluids as examples to review methodologies available to effectively tackle these key but difficult problems and identify the future research needs as well.
Wayne is not taking heat.
Butch Carter, meanwhile, was still taking heat.
In "Taking Heat," he records his reaction.
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