get steamed up

He had that narrow-eyed, lockjawed look like he was starting to get steamed up, but you never know exactly where that’s going to lead.

Did she ever get steamed up at a negative portrayal in the media — and there were many — then have a few drinks and call the reporters to give them angry editorial criticism?

My sense of God is that He'd take this in His stride and would only get steamed up if a typo changed the meaning of His word by, say, omitting a "not" from "thou shalt not commit adultery".

I'm actually glad, to be honest, because otherwise I wouldn't have very much to get steamed up about.

The Toyota Avensis T4 2.0 Tourer simply isn't a car to get steamed up about, one way or the other.