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If something hots up it becomes more lively, interesting or exciting.
Colloquial British English.
Examples of use:
1. This party is starting to hot up at last.
2. Things are really hotting up in the election campaign.
3. Battle to beat iPhone to hot up.
| infinitive | hot up |
| present simple | hot up and hots up |
| -ing form | hotting up |
| past simple | hotted up |
| past participle | hotted up |
Can you think of any ways to use the phrasal verb 'hot up' in a sentence?
Have you been to an event that started slowly, but then hotted up?
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