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hot seat definition

☆ hot seat

  1. electric chair
  2. any difficult position subjecting a person to harassment, criticism, or stress

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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