heat

/hiːt/ noun informal

Definition

feel/take/face the heat › to be in a difficult situation in which you have to deal with a lot of problems: Domestic retailers are feeling the heat from foreign competitors.

turn up the heat (on sb/sth) (also put the heat on sb) › to try to force someone or something to do something in order to get the result you want: OPEC could turn up the heat by increasing oil prices still further.

(Definition of heat noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)