on steroids
phrase
1
: taking anabolic steroids
an athlete accused of being on steroids
The term [road rage] was presumably based on "roid rage," referring to sudden violent activity by people on steroids.—
Michael Fumento
2
informal
: greatly increased in size or power beyond what is normal or usual
With one giant claw and one smaller one, the creature looks like a fiddler crab on steroids.—
Don Wilson
… the inflation of a military budget that already looks as though it's on steroids.—
Donald Kaul
Only technology could cook it in record time. A microwave oven on steroids, that cooks eight times faster than other conventional ovens.—
James Hattori et al.
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