hot on

Idioms

Also, hot for . Enthusiastic about, as in She's really hot on golf , or He's hot for another skiing vacation . This seemingly modern slangy usage was first recorded in 1667. Also see make it hot for .
Also, hot at . Very good, impressive, as in He's hot at anything involving numbers . This expression, first recorded in 1573, is frequently used in the negative, as in I'm not so hot at new computer programs .

Example Sentences

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Global fund managers are hot on stocks heading into the middle of the first quarter, according to a closely tracked survey from Bank of America, but aren’t as keen on chasing U.S. equity markets amid growing concerns over the pace of artificial-intelligence spending.

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Akshay Bhatia on Friday joined Ryo Hisatsune at the top of the PGA Tour Pebble Beach Pro-Am leaderboard on 15-under par, with a resurgent Rickie Fowler hot on their heels.

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The new investigation comes hot on the heels of an earlier probe launched in January over his secret meeting with a Chinese businessman who has contacts with the government.

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Austria's Vincent Kriechmayr, the 2021 double speed world champion, was hot on their heels, but failed to bother the leading Swiss trio.

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