How is “heat up” used?

In The Other Guys (2010), one line is: “And if we get a hit, this case is gonna heat up faster than a junkie's spoon.”

Which movie is “heat up” from?

The clip at the top of this page is from The Other Guys (2010).

And if we get a hit, this case is gonna heat up faster than a junkie's spoon.

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句動詞

to become hot or warm; to make sth hot or warm

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1
to become hot or warm
The oven takes a while to heat up.
2
アメリカ英語
to become more exciting or to show an increase in activity
The election contest is heating up.
3
heat sth up
to make sth hot or warm
Just heat up the food in the microwave.

定義：Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 第 9 版