cool the sweltering heat

Sorry, Angliholic, I've never been comfortable with "heat the cool" or "cool the heat." Perhaps a more modern ear will accept it.

(maybe, "heat the pool" and "cool the meat.")

I'd accept, "Can someone turn on the air conditioner to get rid of this sweltering heat here?"

Thanks, Avangi, for the correction.

cool (down) the meat / let the meat cool (down) are okay. The "down" doesn't change anything. The first pair are transitive and the second pair are intransitive.

Similarly, in "heat (up) the meat," the "up" doesn't change anything.

AngliholicCan someone turn on the air conditioner to cool the sweltering heat here?
Can someone turn on the air conditioner to cool down the sweating heat here?

Hi,

I wonder if both of the above sound right to you and mean about the same? Thanks.

'Reduce' or 'ease' the heat sound better to me. 'Lower the temperature' also w

Re the adverbs "up" and "down," it occurs to me that "warm (up)" works a little differently. We're less likely to omit the "up." "I'm going to sit in the sun for a while and warm up." "Let your engine warm up before you race it." In the transitive, however, we might say, "I'm just going to warm it a bit."