get/pick up steam
Definition
› to start working much more effectively: After the first three months, the fundraising project really started to pick up steam.Work, working and the workplaceWorking hours and periods of work
(Definition of get/pick up steam from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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