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gain steam

gain steam verb: synonym of gather steam.

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.
    • Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto fraud trial gained steam on Thursday when the co-founder of his fallen exchange, Gary Wang, took the stand as a government witness in Manhattan federal court.2023 October 5, Victoria Bekiempis, “FTX co-founder testifies he committed crimes with Sam Bankman-Fried”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    gather steam

Synonyms of gain steam

Forms of gain steam

third-person singular presentgains steam
present participlegaining steam
past participlegained steam
pastgained steam

Questions about gain steam

What does gain steam mean?
Gain steam means synonym of gather steam.
What part of speech is gain steam?
Gain steam is a verb.
What is the past tense of gain steam?
The past tense of gain steam is gained steam.

Words near gain steam in the dictionary

  1. gain momentum
  2. gain of function
  3. gain on
  4. gain one's spurs
  5. gain over
  6. gain steam
  7. gain the wind
  8. gain time
  9. gain times
  10. gain traction
  11. gain twist

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