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on steroids

on steroids prepositional phrase: to a greater degree, exaggerating the characteristics of the previously named object.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic, informal, usually) To a greater degree, exaggerating the characteristics of the previously named object.
    • Panic is anxiety on steroids
    • When a processor is running in real mode, it acts like an "8088 on steroids". What this means is that it has the advantage of speed, but it otherwise accesses memory with the same restrictions of the original 8088: a limit of 1 MB of addressable RAM, and slow memory access that doesn't take...c. 2000, “Processor Modes”, in (help manual)
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, steroids.

on steroids meaning in Bengali

on steroids in Bengali

আরও বেশি মাত্রায়

Examples of on steroids in a sentence

  • When a processor is running in real mode, it acts like an "8088 on steroids".c. 2000, “Processor Modes”, in (help manual):
  • Medellín, the first track from Madonna’s 14th studio album, arrived like La Isla Bonita on steroids2019 June 8, Kitty Empire, “Madonna: Madame X review – a splendidly bizarre return to form”, in The Guardian:

Origin of on steroids

The literal sense is from anabolic steroid use as illicit drug use for doping, to become bulked up; the figurative sense is an extension.

Questions about on steroids

What does on steroids mean?
On steroids means to a greater degree, exaggerating the characteristics of the previously named object.
What is on steroids in Bengali?
On steroids in Bengali is আরও বেশি মাত্রায়. See On steroids meaning in Bengali.
How do you use on steroids in a sentence?
When a processor is running in real mode, it acts like an "8088 on steroids".
What part of speech is on steroids?
On steroids is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on steroids in the dictionary

  1. on song
  2. on speaking terms
  3. on spec
  4. on special
  5. on stage
  6. on steroids
  7. on stream
  8. on strike
  9. on stun
  10. on sufferance
  11. on swole

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: on steroids (page history and authors); on steroids (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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