catch heat

English

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Verb

(colloquial, idiomatic) To get into trouble with somebody; to be scolded or chastised.
- 1989, Edwin C. Sims, Capitalism, in Spite of it All, page 296:
  Another area in which corporations have been catching heat is in the area of environmental pollution, and justifiably so.

Translations

to be scolded or chastised

French: (colloquial, France) se faire appeler Arthur (fr), (colloquial) se faire sonner les cloches (fr), (informal) se faire tirer les oreilles (fr), (France, informal) se faire remonter les bretelles (fr), (colloquial) se faire enguirlander

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