Hold Your Feet To The Fire Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms - What does Hold Your Feet To The Fire Idiom mean?

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Hold your feet to the fire What does Hold your feet to the fire mean?	To hold one accountable for a commitment, make good on a promise.	You made a fair bet with me on the Superbowl and I am going to hold your feet to the fire for payment. Pertains to torture used during the Crusade's. As a method for extracting confession for heresy, non-believers were positioned in a manner that allowed the inquisitor to apply flames to the feet of the accused. This was done until the accused confessed or died.
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Hold Your Feet To The Fire Idiom