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hold my beer

UK/həʊld maɪ bɪə//hoʊld maɪ bɪɹ/

hold my beer phrase: i am about to start a fight.

Phrase

hold my beer

  1. (humorous, imperative, originally) I am about to start a fight.
  2. (humorous, imperative) I am about to attempt something dangerous or unintelligent.
    • 98% of Americans say 'oh shit' before going into the ditch on a slippery road. The other 2% are from Minnesota and they say, ‘hold my beer and watch this.’2008, Kiven Hopper, One Hundred and One Dirty Nasty Disgusting Jokes You'll Love Reading, page 227
    • When he says “Hold my beer and watch this” What he means is “I'm a crazy Redneck and love to show off.”2010, Virginia Alene, Catch And Release, page 18
  3. (humorous, imperative) I will outperform someone who did something foolish by doing something even more foolish.
    • [[https://twitter.com/bpedaci/status/796205042802065409] BRITAIN: Brexit is the stupidest, most self-destructive act a country could undertake.
      USA: Hold my beer].2016, Tom Phillips et al., “18 Tweets About How America Has Out-Brexited Brexit”, in BuzzFeed

Origin of hold my beer

Suggesting that the speaker is interrupting their consumption of beer in order to engage in an act of alcohol-induced bravado.

Words formed from hold my beer

Questions about hold my beer

What does hold my beer mean?
Hold my beer means i am about to start a fight.
What part of speech is hold my beer?
Hold my beer is a phrase.
How do you pronounce hold my beer?
Hold my beer is pronounced /həʊld maɪ bɪə/ (UK).

Words near hold my beer in the dictionary

  1. hold it
  2. hold it down
  3. hold it in
  4. hold it together
  5. hold luggage
  6. hold my beer
  7. hold my milk
  8. hold off
  9. hold on
  10. hold on to your hat
  11. hold one's alcohol

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