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on steroids
in a much more powerful or extreme form The brownies and pecan rolls are sweets on steroids, with calorie and fat totals as high as a full meal. She looks like a movie star on steroids, a beautiful woman with big hair and a man-eating personality.
Etymology: based on the literal meaning of steroids (chemical substances taken to improve the strength or energy of competitors in sports)


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re on steroids Anabolic Steroid Alternatives If you find yourself flipping through the pages of the popular muscle building magazines, pictures of immensely muscular men (and even women) will undoubtedly stand out.
Certainly many young people idolize athletes on steroids and may seek to imitate them to their harm.
I don't want to bad-mouth my school, but there were at least a dozen people I know of who were on steroids," Lee says, adding: "It was in-your-face.
 
 
 
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