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hold on to your hat

hold on to your hat is the alternative form of hold onto your hat.

Meaning of hold onto your hat

Phrase

hold onto your hat

  1. (humorous, idiomatic, usually) One should prepare for a surprise or shock.
    • Hold onto your hat—intersecting planes are planes that cross, or intersect.2011, Mark Ryan, Geometry Essentials For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 14
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hold, onto, hat.

Questions about hold on to your hat

What is hold on to your hat the alternative form of?
Hold on to your hat is the alternative form of hold onto your hat.

Words near hold on to your hat in the dictionary

  1. hold luggage
  2. hold my beer
  3. hold my milk
  4. hold off
  5. hold on
  6. hold on to your hat
  7. hold one's alcohol
  8. hold one's breath
  9. hold one's drink
  10. hold one's fire
  11. hold one's ground

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