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• get pick up steam — …   Useful english dictionary

• get — /get/ verb past tense got, past participle got especially BrE gotten especially AmE present participle getting RECEIVE/OBTAIN 1 RECEIVE (transitive not in passive) to be given or receive something: Sharon always seems to get loads of mail. | Why… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• steam — 1 noun (U) 1 GAS the hot mist that water produces when it is boiled: Be careful of the steam from the kettle. 2 MIST ON SURFACE the mist that forms on windows, mirrors etc when warm wet air suddenly becomes cold 3 POWER power that is produced by… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• steam someone up — 1. tv. to get someone excited. □ Steam yourselves up and get in there and win this game! CD The coach can really steam up those guys. 2. tv. to get someone angry. (See also steamed (up).) □ This whole mess steamed me up but good. CD The long… …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• steam — ► NOUN 1) the hot vapour into which water is converted when heated, which condenses in the air into a mist of minute water droplets. 2) the expansive force of this vapour used as a source of power for machines. 3) momentum; impetus: the dispute… …   English terms dictionary

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• STEAM — Développeurs Valve Corporation Première version 12  …   Wikipédia en Français

• Steam Tug Wattle — is a vessel which is currently out of survey. She was launched in 1933 as a tug in Sydney, Australia. She ran commercial cruises around Melbourne and surrounding areas. She suspended her marine commercial service in 2003 and is currently located… …   Wikipedia

• get somewhere under your own steam — get, etc. somewhere under your own ˈsteam idiom (informal) to go somewhere without help from other people • I ll get to the party under my own steam. Main entry: ↑steamidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• get up (or pick up) steam — 1》 generate enough pressure to drive a steam engine. 2》 (of an activity, project, etc.) gradually gain impetus. → steam …   English new terms dictionary