Meaning of on steroids | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To a greater degree, exaggerating the characteristics of the previously named object.
   idiomatic, informal, usually
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, steroids.

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Examples

“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⟳ advantage of the full 32-bit processing of modern CPUs.”

“"This planet is much larger than Jupiter or Saturn, and its ring⟳ system is roughly 200 times larger than Saturn's rings are today," Mamajek said at the time. "You could think⟳ of it as kind of a super Saturn." Or, as others have⟳ put⟳ it, Saturn on steroids.”

“Medellín, the first track from Madonna’s 14th studio album, arrived like⟳ La Isla Bonita on steroids”

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