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Meaning of catch heat | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To get into trouble with somebody; to be scolded or chastised.

colloquial, idiomatic

Equivalents

Français se faire appeler Arthur se faire enguirlander se faire remonter les bretelles

Русский получи́ть взбу́чку получи́ть нагоня́й получи́ть по пе́рвое число́

Examples

“Another area in which corporations have been catching heat is in the area of environmental pollution, and justifiably so.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

catch hell catch hold catch in 4K catch in possession catch it catch lacking