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steam Theme: ANGER 1. tr. to anger someone. She steamed him by being two hours late.The prof steamed the class with the long assignment. 2. in. to be angry. She was absolutely steaming.They steamed for a while and then did as they were told.
steam 1. noun 1 alcohol AUSTRALIA, 1941. 2 hashish CANADA, 2002. 3 in sports betting, a flurry of betting on one side of a bet US, 1991.► not give the steam off your turds; not give the steam of your pissexpresses an absolute refusal to give or be generous. The predominate style is 'off', rather than 'of'. The term employed for appropriate bodily excretions may be as varied as the user's vocabulary: 'steam off your shit' is a familiar example UK, 2000 2. verb in gambling, to bet increasingly larger amounts of money in a losing effort to recoup recurring losses US, 1985
idiomsteamget/be steamed upangry to become excited and angry or worried:Most of the men weren't worried by the advertisement, but the women were quite steamed up about it.Learn to think before you speak, and try hard not to get all steamed up and confrontational.get/pick up steamif a plan, project, idea etc gets up steam, it gradually becomes more important and more people become interested in it:Interest in recycling has slowly picked up steam over the last decade.McCarthy's bid to become Democratic nominee for president was getting up steam. —see also run out of steamNoteWe get this idiom and several others from the time when railway engines operated by steam power. An engine would get up steam when its fire was made hotter at the beginning of its journey. It could also run out of steam if the fire became low or it did not have enough water, and would have to let off steam if the pressure of steam became too high. go full steam ahead (with)to do something with a lot of energy:We've decided to go full steam ahead with our plans to move house.Now that the new Cabinet has been chosen, it's full steam ahead with the business of government.NoteSome of the 'steam' idioms come from the time when ships operated by steam power. If a ship travelled full steam ahead it was going as fast as it could. A ship could also travel under its own steam, or be pulled by smaller boats, for example through a narrow place. have steam coming out of your earsto be very angry:By this time Matthew was jumping up and down with steam coming out of his ears.I was watching her and waiting for the steam to start coming out of her ears, but she stayed calm.let/blow off steamto get rid of your anger or excitement by doing something noisy or active:Mrs. Harrison loved singing. She said it helped her to let off steam.Every gymnastics lesson should have a purpose, and not merely be a time to let off steam.run out of steamto begin to lose energy, or to become slower or weaker:I began to run out of steam before I was half-way round the field.The launch of a new product can run out of steam once the initial level of advertising declines. —see also get/pick up steamunder your own steamif you go somewhere under your own steam, you get there alone, without anyone else's help:Would you like a lift tonight or can you get there under your own steam?I don't think Zoe's well enough to go home under her own steam. phrasesteam[steamed, steamed, steaming]
steam off
steam off sth • steam sth off to use steam to remove something that is stuck onto a surface, especially a stamp from an envelope: I used to steam off stamps that came from abroad, so that I could trade them for others.
steam up 1. steam up/get steamed up if a glass surface steams up or gets steamed up, it becomes covered with steam so that you cannot see anything through it: It was so hot inside that my glasses began to steam up.be steamed up I don't know what they were doing in the car, but the windows were all steamed up.■ SIMILAR TO: mist up, fog up2. get steamed up BrE informal to become very annoyed, angry, or excited about something: There's no point in getting steamed up - there's nothing we can do.be steamed up Some of the nurses at the hospital were really steamed up about the news.■ SIMILAR TO: get steamed AmE informal
steam1. tv. to anger someone. The prof steamed the class with the long assignment. 2. in. to be angry. They steamed for a while and then did as they were told. - (at) full steam
- a head of steam
- be steamed up
- be/get steamed up
- blow off (some) steam
- blow off some steam
- blow off steam
- blow off steam, to
- build up a head of steam
- build up/work up, etc. a head of steam
- damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead
- employ a steam engine to crack a nut
- full speed ahead
- full speed/steam ahead!
- full steam ahead
- full steam/speed ahead
- get (some) steam up
- get steam up
- get steamed up
- get up a (full) head of steam
- get up a head of steam
- get up steam
- get up/pick up steam
- have steam coming out of (one's) ears
- have steam coming out of your ears
- let off (some) steam
- let off some steam
- let off steam
- let off steam, to
- out of steam
- pick up steam
- run out of
- run out of steam
- run out of steam, to
- spout from (something)
- spout out
- steam
- steam (one's) beam
- steam across
- steam across (something or some place)
- steam beam
- steam in
- steam into (some place)
- steam off
- steam out
- steam out of
- steam out of (something or some place)
- steam someone up
- steam someone’s beam
- steam up
- steamed
- steamed up
- steaming
- steaming (mad)
- steamroller
- under (one's) own steam
- under one's own steam
- under own steam
- under your own steam
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