take the heat off (of) (someone or something)
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To alleviate the pressure placed on someone or something. Take the heat off of her—you know she'll pay up eventually. The government announced financial measures to take the heat off the struggling stock markets.
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take the heat off (of) someone or something
Fig. to relieve the pressure on someone or something. (Of is usually retained before pronouns.) That really takes the heat off of all of us. The change in the deadline takes the heat off the office staff.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
take the heat off someone
tv. to relieve the pressure on someone; to free someone from suspicion, responsibility, a deadline, etc. The confession by Rocko took the heat off the cop-shop for a while.
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