Definition of pick up steam

pick up steam

verb

• to grow in strength, speed, severity, etc.

                                                                                                                                                                                          
  
  Citation from "Epic Win", Slate, Christopher Beam, Oct 15 2008 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Apr 14 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 14 2010.

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Other terms relating to 'pick':
draft pick	Definitions include: a highly sought after female.
have a bone to pick	Definitions include: to have a grudge to discuss.
pick and pull	Definitions include: a scrap yard where you pick the best parts you can't find anywhere else off the scraps car of your choice, pull (disconnect) the used parts yourself.
pickin pox	Definitions include: after using meth standing in front of a mirror and digging on ones face. falsely thinking ones face has a blemish or pimple and due to the drugs the person continue to dig out a blemish that does NOT exist.
pick-me-up	Definitions include: a stimulant.
pick (one's) brain	Definitions include: to ask a serious of questions of a person who knows about a particular topic, in order to learn more about it.
pick up	Definitions include: person who doesn't catch on to jokes, does not pick up.
pick up artist	Definitions include: a man who successfully meets women, collects their telephone numbers and then has sexual intercourse with his desired female.
Other terms relating to 'steam':
beaver steam	Definitions include: vaginal moisture.
blow off some steam	Definitions include: to get rid of aggression or anger.
blow off steam	Definitions include: to do something to get rid of negative emotions.
Cleveland Steamer	Definitions include: the act of defecating on a person's chest.
full steam ahead	Definitions include: to proceed in full.
run out of steam	Definitions include: to become too tired to finish.
squeeze a steamer	Definitions include: to defecate.
squeeze out a Cleveland steamer	Definitions include: to defecate.
stanley steamer	Definitions include: feces.
steam	Definitions include: to be angry.
steamed	Definitions include: angry.
steamed up	Definitions include: angry.
steamer	Definitions include: feces; "turd".
steaming	Definitions include: very drunk.
steaming chilidog	Definitions include: a vulgar, made up sexual move.
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Other terms relating to 'up':
6 up	Definitions include: a warning that one or more law enforcement officers are near.
ace up (one's) sleeve	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
act up	Definitions include: to misbehave.
AFU	Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up."
all done up	Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc.
all up in	Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
amped up	Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant.
amp up	Definitions include: to increase.
ante up	Definitions include: to contribute one's share.
arse up	Definitions include: to mess up.
as f*cked up as a football bat	Definitions include: 1. To be highly intoxicated on drugs and/or alcohol
*ss up	Definitions include: to make something like ass.
ate up	Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird".
ate up with stupid	Definitions include: stupid.
ate up with the dumb *ss	Definitions include: strange / stupid.
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