hot seat
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hot seat
n.
1. Slang The electric chair.
2. Informal A position in which one is subjected to extreme stress or discomfort, as by excessive criticism.
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hot seat
n
1. informal a precarious, difficult, or dangerous position
2. US a slang term for electric chair
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hot′ seat`
n.
Slang.
2. a highly uncomfortable or embarrassing situation.
[1915–20]
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Noun | 1. | hot seat - an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person; "the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair" instrument of execution - an instrument designed and used to take the life of a condemned person |
2. | hot seat - a difficult position where you are subjected to stress and criticism |
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hot seat
n (fig) to be in the hot seat → avere un posto che scottaCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995