hot up

hot up

vb (adverb) Informal

1. to make or become more exciting, active, or intense the chase was hotting up

2. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) (tr) another term for soup up

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	hot up - gain heat or get hot; "The room heated up quickly" heat up, heat change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" overheat - get excessively and undesirably hot; "The car engines overheated" fry - be excessively hot; "If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they'll be fried"
	2.	hot up - make more intense; "Emotions were screwed up" screw up, heat up compound, deepen, intensify, heighten - make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"
	3.	hot up - make more powerful; "he souped up the old cars" hop up, soup up modify - make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"

Translations

? hot up

vi (inf) the pace is hotting up → das Tempo wird schneller; things are hotting up in the Middle East → die Lage im Nahen Osten spitzt sich zu or verschärft sich; things are hotting up → es geht langsam los; (party also) → die Sache kommt in Schwung; the bars rarely hot up before midnight → in den Bars geht es selten vor Mitternacht richtig los

vt sep (fig) music → verpoppen (inf); pace → steigern; surveillance → verschärfen; engine → frisieren