Head of steam
noun phrase
Full speed and impetus: Stephanopoulos acknowledges a steady series of peaks and valleys: ”You get up a head of steam and then—oops! What’s coming around the corner?”
[1835+; the date refers to the actual boiler pressure of a machine]
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