Usually means: Gain momentum, increase in intensity.
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  1. pick up steam: Merriam-Webster
  2. pick up steam: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pick up steam: TheFreeDictionary.com
  4. pick up steam: Wiktionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pick up steam: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pick up steam: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pick up steam: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pick up steam: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (pick up steam)

verb:  Synonym of gather steam

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