steam up
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/stˈiːm ˈʌp/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "steam up"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to steam up
[phrase form: steam]
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āĻ˜ā§‹āϞāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻˇā§āĻĒ⧇ āĻĸāĻžāĻ•āĻž

to cause a surface particularly a glass one to become foggy
to steam up definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The humid weather caused my glasses to constantly steam up whenever I stepped outside.
āφāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āφāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϚāĻļāĻŽāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āĻĒāĻž āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻ—āϤ āϕ⧁āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻļāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻ¨ā§āύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāĻˇā§āĻĒ⧇ āĻĸāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āϛ⧋āϟ āϜāϞāĻ•āĻŖāĻžāϝāĻŧ āφāĻŦ⧃āϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(of a surface) to become covered with tiny water droplets
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The bathroom mirror steamed up as I enjoyed a hot shower, obscuring my reflection.
āĻ—āϰāĻŽ āĻļāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāĻĨāϰ⧁āĻŽā§‡āϰ āφāϝāĻŧāύāĻž āĻ­āĻžāĻĒ⧇ āĻĸ⧇āϕ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ, āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻŦāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϰāĻžāĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause someone to become extremely distress or annoyed
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His constant criticism of her work began to steam her up, leading to frequent arguments.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻŽ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻž āϘāύ āϘāύ āϤāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϰ⧇āϗ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ•ā§āϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to become extremely upset or angry
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She tends to steam up when people do n't follow through on their commitments.
āϞ⧋āϕ⧇āϰāĻž āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻļā§āϰ⧁āϤāĻŋ āϰāĻžāϖ⧇ āύāĻž āϤāĻ–āύ āϏ⧇ āϰ⧇āϗ⧇ āϝāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤
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āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āύ⧁āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make someone feel excited about something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her passionate speech on the importance of environmental conservation managed to steam up the audience, inspiring them to take action.
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āϏāĻ‚āϰāĻ•ā§āώāϪ⧇āϰ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āφāĻŦ⧇āĻ—āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤ⧃āϤāĻž āĻļā§āϰ⧋āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āωāĻĻā§āĻĻā§€āĻĒā§āϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to become enthusiastic or excited
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He got all steamed up thinking about his date tomorrow
āϏ⧇ āφāĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ– āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻ āϞāĨ¤
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