"gain steam" meaning in All languages combined

See gain steam on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: gains steam [present, singular, third-person], gaining steam [participle, present], gained steam [participle, past], gained steam [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} gain steam (third-person singular simple present gains steam, present participle gaining steam, simple past and past participle gained steam)
  1. Synonym of gather steam Synonyms: gather steam [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-gain_steam-en-verb-88H7CSIh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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