of/like steel

idiom

: very powerful
He had a grip of/like steel.

Examples of of/like steel in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Floating causeways of steel The pontoon technology first went to war in the South Pacific in February 1942 with the Naval Construction Force, nicknamed the Seabees, who took it to Bora Bora in the Society Islands. Frank A. Blazich Jr., The Conversation, 20 May 2024 Once it’s demolished, hydraulic grabbers will lift the resulting sections of steel onto barges. Lea Skene, Fortune, 12 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for of/like steel 

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“Of/like steel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%2Flike%20steel. Accessed 29 May. 2024.

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