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steam

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steam

1. tv. to anger someone. The prof steamed the class with the long assignment.

2. in. to be angry. They steamed for a while and then did as they were told.

See:

• a head of steam
• blow off some steam
• blow off steam
• build up a head of steam
• employ a steam engine to crack a nut
• full pelt
• full speed ahead
• full steam ahead
• get steam up
• get up a head of steam
• get up steam
• let off some steam
• let off steam
• out of steam
• pick up steam
• run out of
• run out of steam
• steam
• steam across
• steam beam
• steam in
• steam off
• steam out
• steam out of
• steam someone up
• steam someone’s beam
• steam up
• steamed
• steamed up
• steaming
• under one's own steam
• under own steam