steam up
Britishverb
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to cover (windows, etc) or (of windows, etc) to become covered with a film of condensed steam
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slang (tr; usually passive) to excite or make angry
he's all steamed up about the delay
Example Sentences
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But many other ingredients benefit from long, slow cooking, and a pot of chickpeas or beets will steam up your kitchen as pleasantly and fill your belly just as heartily as chicken or beef.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 4, 2024
It's a legitimate one, too - lenses can steam up when you wear a mask because your warm breath comes out of the top of the mask, hitting the cooler lenses and clouding them up.
From BBC • Jul. 14, 2020
But detractors barely had time to get a full head of rageful steam up before the news pieces were updated.
From The Verge • May 20, 2016
“The younger guys who have more steam up, who are more deluded, are attracted to this newer, more radical thing.”
From US News • Mar. 4, 2015
When Marie-Laure holds her hand over Madame’s chest, heat seems to steam up out of her sternum as though she cooks from the inside.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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