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Idioms and Phrases

Prepare to work hard, summon up energy. For example, If we can just get up steam we can finish in no time . This expression alludes to producing enough steam to work an engine. [Early 1800s] Also see under full speed ahead .

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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