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steamed up

Idioms  

  1. Stirred up, aroused with ardor, excitement, anger, or other strong emotion, as in She was all steamed up about the results. The precise meaning depends on the context. [Colloquial; early 1900s]

Example Sentences

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"Looking back, the inside of the car had steamed up," said Ms Gwyn.

From BBC

We watched for probably a full hour, till our breath steamed up the glass too much to watch much more and our feet started to get sore.

From Literature

After Congo, Calista picked the reptile house, which was warm warm warm—so warm that the glass in front of the snakes and turtles was half steamed up.

From Literature

As he works the espresso machine in a bar on Zagreb's bustling Flower Square, barman Luka says he suspects that people are getting steamed up over nothing.

From BBC

Our star athlete, Link Rowley, has been yanked out of sports because his father got steamed up over some prank gone wrong.

From Literature

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