Meaning

1 senses

  1. (informal)To lose strength, popularity, or energy.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. That craze is losing steam.

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Forms

loses steam, losing steam, lost steam, lost steam
Base formlose steam · to lose steam
3rd person singularloses steam
Present participlelosing steam
Past simplelost steam
Past participlelost steam

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylose steam
he, she, itloses steam

Past simpleLesson

all personslost steam

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave lost steam
he, she, ithas lost steam

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill lose steam

Synonyms

3 synonyms
gain steamgather steampick up steam

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
lorelorryB1loseA2loserlossB1lotA2
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