make it hot for someone

make it hot for (someone)

To pressure someone or otherwise make them uncomfortable, usually so that they will change their behavior or act in a certain way. The other students decided to make it hot for the classroom bully so he'd stop picking on the younger kids. If we want this guy to confess, we need to make it hot for him in the interrogation room.See also: hot, make

make it (or things) hot for someone

make life difficult for someone.See also: hot, make, someone

make it hot for someone

tv. to make things difficult for someone; to put someone under pressure. (Note the variation in the examples.) The cops were making it hot for him, so he blew town. See also: hot, make, someone