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hot water meaning
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Definition of
hot water
in English Dictionary
Noun
SUF
-ter
+
-
Used
other than
as an
idiom
:
see
hot
,
water
.
IDI
(figuratively) a
dangerous
situation
;
trouble
.
Both students are in
hot water
from fighting.
IDI
(figuratively)
fierce
criticism
.
The government's new proposal has landed them in
hot water
.
Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
Nouns
Singularia tantum
Uncountable nouns
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Source:
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Meaning of
hot water
for the defined word.
Grammatically, this idiom "hot water" is a
noun
, more specifically, a
singularia tantum
.
Definiteness: Level 1
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Definite ➨ Versatile