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to come in hot

to come in hot

10 7.5
To arrive quickly and with energy, ready to act
  • phrasal verb
  • Informal
: llegar con energía
  • Chief O'Hara, we're coming in hot!

AMD is coming in hot with the price cuts.

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Examples

Synonyms

to come along
vsto come in hot
584 3.0

To appear or arrive when you do not expect it

enters or acts with urgent enthusiasm and strong intensity rather than mere availability
to come on
vsto come in hot
389 2.1

Begin to appear or become visible

arrives or performs with energetic urgency and intensity rather than mere presence
to rush in
vsto come in hot
53 3.1

Act quickly without thinking, for example by going into a place

arrives with energetic urgency and enthusiasm rather than impulsive carelessness
to come on strong
vsto come in hot
  • Informal
30 6.7

To act in a confident, forceful way to make a strong impression

arrives or performs with sudden urgency and high energy rather than mere force
to burst in
vsto come in hot
24 3.3

To enter a room suddenly and interrupt people

arrives with urgent energy and purpose rather than merely interrupting
to burst in on
vsto come in hot
4 5.2

Go into a room or conversation suddenly and interrupt people

arrives with energetic urgency and intention rather than mainly causing interruption
to burst upon
vsto come in hot
2 6.1

Suddenly appear in a place or in someone's mind and surprise people

arrives with urgent enthusiasm and high energy rather than only surprise

How Energetic

to storm
78 4.4
to come in hot
  • Informal
10 7.5
to barge in
  • Informal
65 5.5

Surface Forms

come in hot infinitive
coming in hot present participle
comes in hot third person singular
come in hot past participle

Morphology

come + in + hot

The components 'come' (arrive) + 'in' (enter) transparently give a notion of arrival, but 'hot' is used metaphorically to mean energetic/urgent or high-performing rather than temperature. Because that metaphorical extension and the colloquial nuance are not fully predictable from the literal words, a B1 learner might guess a related meaning but would not reliably infer the exact sense without exposure.

Etymology

Come in hot may come from pilots who land a plane very fast: they come in at high speed and are hot, meaning 'moving fast and strong'. So today come in hot means 'to arrive quickly and full of energy' or 'to act with urgency'.