Phrase guide
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To a greater degree, exaggerating the characteristics of the previously named object.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, informal, usually
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, steroids.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
The literal sense is from anabolic steroid use as illicit drug use for doping, to become bulked up; the figurative sense is an extension.
Across languages
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
