steady : Idioms & Phrases

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go steady

  • verb date regularly; have a steady relationship with
    date; go out; see.
    • Did you know that she is seeing an older man?
    • He is dating his former wife again!
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Land of steady habits

  • a nickname sometimes given to the State of Connecticut.
Webster 1913

rock-steady

  • adjective satellite consistent in performance or behavior
    dependable; rock-steady.
    • dependable in one's habits
    • a steady-going family man
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steady down

  • verb become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
    settle; root; take root; settle down.
    • He finally settled down
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Steady rest

  • (Mach), a rest in a turning lathe, to keep a long piece of work from trembling.
Webster 1913

steady state theory

  • noun (cosmology) the theory that the universe maintains a constant average density with matter created to fill the void left by galaxies that are receding from each other
    continuous creation theory.
    • the steady state theory has been abandoned in favor of the big bang theory
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steady-going

  • adjective satellite consistent in performance or behavior
    dependable; rock-steady.
    • dependable in one's habits
    • a steady-going family man
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