GET UP A HEAD OF STEAM

Meaning of GET UP A HEAD OF STEAM in English

generate enough power to move

If I get up a head of steam, I can knock down the door.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

GET UP A HEAD OF STEAM — generate enough power to move, get up to speed If I get up a head of steam, I can knock …
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STEAM — Invisible gas consisting of vaporized water . When mixed with minute droplets of water, it has a white, cloudy appearance. …
Английский словарь Британика
UP — I. (|)əp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STEAM — I. ˈstēm noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English stem, steme, from Old English stēam, stēm, stīem; …
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STEAM — — steamless , adj. /steem/ , n. 1. water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor. 2. water …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HEAD — — headlike , adj. /hed/ , n. 1. the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UP — I. ˈəp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STEAM — I. ˈstēm noun Etymology: Middle English stem, from Old English stēam; akin to Dutch stoom steam Date: before 12th century …
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GET — I. ˈget, ÷ˈgit verb ( got ˈgät ; got or got·ten ˈgä-t ə n ; get·ting ) Etymology: Middle English, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UP — prep upon. 2. up ·adv aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up …
Webster English vocab
STEAM — noun any exhalation. 2. steam ·vi to emit steam or vapor. 3. steam ·vt to exhale. 4. steam ·vi to …
Webster English vocab
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STEAM — [steam] n [ME stem, fr. OE steam; akin to D stoom steam] (bef. 12c) 1: a vapor arising from a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
STEAM — odourless, invisible gas consisting of vaporized water. It is usually interspersed with minute droplets of water, which gives it a …
Britannica English vocabulary
UP — / ʌp; NAmE / adverb , preposition , adjective , verb , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STEAM — / stiːm; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun [ U ] 1. the hot gas that water changes into …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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GET — / get; NAmE / verb ( getting , got , got / gɒt; NAmE gɑːt/) HELP NOTE : In spoken …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UP — I. up 1 S1 W1 /ʌp/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A HIGHER POSITION towards …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STEAM — I. steam 1 W3 /stiːm/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ steam , ↑ steamer ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. --adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STEAM — n. & v. --n. 1 a the gas into which water is changed by boiling, used as a source of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HEAD — n., adj., & v. --n. 1 the upper part of the human body, or the foremost or upper part of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GET — v. & n. --v. (getting; past got; past part. got or US (and in comb.) gotten) 1 tr. come into …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STEAM — n. & v. n. 1 a the gas into which water is changed by boiling, used as a source of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HEAD — n., adj., & v. n. 1 the upper part of the human body, or the foremost or upper part of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GET — v. & n. v. (getting; past got; past part. got or US (and in comb.) gotten) 1 tr. come into …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STEAM — n. & v. --n. 1. a the gas into which water is changed by boiling, used as a source of …
Oxford English vocab
HEAD — n., adj., & v. --n. 1. the upper part of the human body, or the foremost or upper part of …
Oxford English vocab
GET — v. & n. --v. (getting; past got; past part. got or US (and in comb.) gotten) 1. tr. come into …
Oxford English vocab
UP — I. PREPOSITION, ADVERB, AND ADJECTIVE USES The preposition is pronounced /ʌp/. The adverb and adjective are pronounced /ʌp/. Frequency: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GET — I. CHANGING, CAUSING, MOVING, OR REACHING /get/ ( gets, getting, got, or gotten) Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STEAM — ( steams, steaming, steamed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Steam is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HEAD — ( heads, heading, headed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Head' is …
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STEAM — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a steam train ▪ Railway enthusiasts have the opportunity to take a nostalgic trip …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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STEAM — [noun] [U] - the hot gas that is produced when water boilsWe put the bowl of water on the fire …
Cambridge English vocab
UP — Synonyms and related words : above, abovestairs, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, add to, addition, advance, against, aggrandize, aggrandizement, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GET — Synonyms and related words : OD, absorb, accede to, accept, access, accumulate, acquire, addle, admit, advance, affect, age, aggravate, agree …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
STEAM — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ hot … OF STEAM ▪ cloud , jet ▪ The saucepan puffed little jets of ~. VERB …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
UP — INDEX: 1. moving up to a higher place 2. looking, facing, or pointing upwards 3. to move upwards through the …
Longman Activator English vocab
GET — INDEX: 1. to get something by buying it, asking for it, or finding it 2. to be given something 3. …
Longman Activator English vocab
GET — v. 25B6; verb where did you get that hat? : ACQUIRE, obtain, come by, receive, gain, earn, win, come into, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
UP — 1. нареч. 1) вверх по, по направлению к 2) вдоль по; вглубь 3) против (течения, ветра и т. п.) 4) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STEAM — 1. сущ. 1) пар; выпаривание, испарение to emit steam ≈ выпускать пар to let/blow off steam ≈ выпустить пары; перен. …
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UP — 1. ʌp n 1. поезд, автобус и т. п. , идущий в большой город, в столицу или на север 2. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
STEAM — steam.ogg 1. sti:m n 1. (водяной) пар steam generator - парогенератор steam inhalation - вдыхание паров, ингаляция dry wet steam …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
STEAM — 1) пар ( водяной ) || обрабатывать паром; пропаривать 2) отгонять с паром 3) варить на пару; бланшировать паром • …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
STEAM — 1) пар (водяной) || обрабатывать паром; пропаривать 2) отгонять с паром 3) варить на пару; бланшировать паром • to bleed steam — отбирать пар - …
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