"take the heat" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "takes the heat",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taking the heat",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took the heat",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken the heat",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "take<,,took,taken> the heat"
      },
      "expansion": "take the heat (third-person singular simple present takes the heat, present participle taking the heat, simple past took the heat, past participle taken the heat)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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          "source": "w"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "If this decision turns out to be a bad one, I'll take the heat for it.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 September 23, Nigel Harris, “Comment: We MUST seize the moment”, in Rail, page 3:",
          "text": "For entirely self-serving reasons, ministers and civil servants never dispelled the public belief that uncaring 'fat cat' privateers or foreign state railways were in control, ramping up fares and creaming off profits which either enriched shareholders or subsidised European rail fares. DfT left train operators to 'take the heat' - which they dutifully did, fearful of speaking up and 'biting the hand that feeds'.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take the blame; to be the focus of anger or scrutiny; to take the consequences."
      ],
      "id": "en-take_the_heat-en-verb-Gzfexns8",
      "links": [
        [
          "blame",
          "blame"
        ],
        [
          "anger",
          "anger"
        ],
        [
          "scrutiny",
          "scrutiny"
        ],
        [
          "consequences",
          "consequences"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) To take the blame; to be the focus of anger or scrutiny; to take the consequences."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "take the rap"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "take the heat"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "takes the heat",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taking the heat",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took the heat",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken the heat",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "take<,,took,taken> the heat"
      },
      "expansion": "take the heat (third-person singular simple present takes the heat, present participle taking the heat, simple past took the heat, past participle taken the heat)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "take the rap"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "If this decision turns out to be a bad one, I'll take the heat for it.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 September 23, Nigel Harris, “Comment: We MUST seize the moment”, in Rail, page 3:",
          "text": "For entirely self-serving reasons, ministers and civil servants never dispelled the public belief that uncaring 'fat cat' privateers or foreign state railways were in control, ramping up fares and creaming off profits which either enriched shareholders or subsidised European rail fares. DfT left train operators to 'take the heat' - which they dutifully did, fearful of speaking up and 'biting the hand that feeds'.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take the blame; to be the focus of anger or scrutiny; to take the consequences."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "blame",
          "blame"
        ],
        [
          "anger",
          "anger"
        ],
        [
          "scrutiny",
          "scrutiny"
        ],
        [
          "consequences",
          "consequences"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) To take the blame; to be the focus of anger or scrutiny; to take the consequences."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "take the heat"
}