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Difference between Get the hots for someone and Give it hot to someone

get the hots for someone—(sl.) be strongly attracted to a person sexually:

  • Just as I suspected, Angie. You’re starting to get the hots for James.

give it hot to someone—(rare coll.) punish or scold smb. severely:

  • I have given it hot to Grant Allen who did … much the same as Romanes is doing now though not so barefacedly.

See also: make it hot for someone / make someone hot.