Your English writing platform
Discover LudwigSuggestions(5)
"taking the heat" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It means to bear the blame or responsibility for something, often in a difficult or challenging situation. Example: After the company's controversial decision, the CEO knew she would be the one taking the heat from angry customers and shareholders.
Idiom
Take the heat.
If you take the heat, you take the criticism or blame for something you didn't do, normally to protect the guilty person.
Exact(58)
But my stepson is taking the heat for my mistake.
"Other people should be taking the heat, too," he said.
"You might as well get used to taking the heat".
It surely is worth taking the heat in terms of yearly earnings.
(Otherwise, he would be a masochist for taking the heat he has).
The Obama administration has been taking the heat, but it's okay, because they have a plan.
They have done a pretty good job of taking the heat off".
"I've had a few fashion shockers," he says, taking the heat off his friend.
Taking the heat out of London's banking frenzy may be no bad thing.
By taking the heat off the internal pressure cooker of suppressed dissent and conferring renewed legitimacy on the clerics.
Much of the money will now be kept offshore in foreign currency, taking the heat off the peso.
Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com