verb
to become more intense or exciting
adverb
in a manner that causes something to become more intense or exciting
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As the competition heats up, companies are looking for new ways to stay ahead in the market.
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Things are really starting to hot up between those two teams in the championship.
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The drama is about to hot up on the reality TV show.
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Tensions began to hot up as the negotiations reached a critical point.