hot seat
noun Slang.
a highly uncomfortable or embarrassing situation: I'm in the hot seat because of the contract I lost.
Origin of hot seat
First recorded in 1915–20
Words nearby hot seat
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British Dictionary definitions for hot seat
hot seat
noun
informal
a precarious, difficult, or dangerous position
US a slang term for electric chair