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Definition of run hot and cold in English English dictionary
- To alternate between two opposite extremes, such as enthusiasm and disinterest or success and failure
The business runs hot and cold; some months our firm doesn't earn enough to cover expenses and other months, we net 400% profits.
- hot and cold
- Ambivalent; having conflicting emotions
- hot and cold
- Ambivalently; with conflicting emotions
They went hot and cold about the proposal for a whole year, before finally saying no.
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run hot and ColdTurkish pronunciation
rʌn hät ınd kōldPronunciation
/ˈrən ˈhät ənd ˈkōld/ /ˈrʌn ˈhɑːt ənd ˈkoʊld/
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