steamed ahead
Advanced with determination
Steamed ahead means moved forward with determined energy and momentum, from the image of a steamship powering through water.
The phrase suggests unstoppable progress or decisive action: The company steamed ahead with its expansion plans despite market uncertainty.
Sometimes used literally of steam-powered vessels, but now mostly figurative.
- advanceMove or progress forward
- moved forwardChanged position ahead
- pushed forwardMoved something ahead
- propelForce into motion
- onwardToward what lies ahead
momentum · driving force · surge · forge · accelerate · willpower · resolve · thrust · proceed · navigate · pressed on · kept going · locomotive · tenacity · push · effort · perseverance · drove
steamed aheadstalled
Stopped unexpectedly
stopped dead · hit a wall · lost momentum · bogged down · halted
steamed aheadretreated
Moved backward from advance
fell back · backtracked · pulled back · regressed · backslid
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