gain steam
English
[edit]Verb
[edit]gain steam (third-person singular simple present gains steam, present participle gaining steam, simple past and past participle gained steam)
- Synonym of gather steam
- 2023 October 5, Victoria Bekiempis, “FTX co-founder testifies he committed crimes with Sam Bankman-Fried”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
- 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.