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Phrase(s): steam someone up
1. Sl. to get someone excited. • Steam yourselves up and get in there and win this game! • The coach can really steam up those guys. 2. Sl. to get someone angry. • This whole mess steamed me up but good. • The long critical statement simply steamed up my opponent in the debate., Phrase(s): steam up
1. Lit. to become covered with a film of steam or water vapor. • The windows steamed up and we had to wipe them so we could see out. • The window has steamed up, and I can’t see. 2. to drink heavily; to get drunk. • Fred and Mike were steaming up in the back room., Phrase(s): steam something up
to cause something to be covered with water vapor due to the presence of steam. • Our breaths steamed the windows up. • The hot shower steamed up the mirror.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs