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Hot water

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A dangerous situation; trouble. figuratively, idiomatic, uncountable

    "Both students are in hot water from fighting."

  2. 2
    a dangerous or distressing predicament wordnet
  3. 3
    Fierce criticism. figuratively, idiomatic, uncountable

    "The government's new proposal has landed them in hot water."

  4. 4
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hot, water. uncountable

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