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keep one's knickers on

keep one's knickers on verb: to stay calm; to not get flustered or angry.

Verb

keep one's knickers on (third-person singular simple present keeps one's knickers on, present participle keeping one's knickers on, simple past and past participle kept one's knickers on)

  1. (idiomatic, imperative, slang) To stay calm; to not get flustered or angry.
    • Keep your knickers on, mate. It was only a joke.

Synonyms of keep one's knickers on

Forms of keep one's knickers on

third-person singular presentkeeps one's knickers on
present participlekeeping one's knickers on
past participlekept one's knickers on
pastkept one's knickers on

Questions about keep one's knickers on

What does keep one's knickers on mean?
Keep one's knickers on means to stay calm; to not get flustered or angry.
What part of speech is keep one's knickers on?
Keep one's knickers on is a verb.
What is the past tense of keep one's knickers on?
The past tense of keep one's knickers on is kept one's knickers on.

Words near keep one's knickers on in the dictionary

  1. keep one's head down
  2. keep one's head on a swivel
  3. keep one's head on one's shoulders
  4. keep one's head up
  5. keep one's head upon one's shoulders
  6. keep one's knickers on
  7. keep one's lips sealed
  8. keep one's mouth shut
  9. keep one's nerve
  10. keep one's nose clean
  11. keep one's options open

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