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keep one's pants on

keep one's pants on verb: to stay calm.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, imperative, slang) To stay calm.
    • All right, okay! Keep your pants on, I'm coming!

Synonyms of keep one's pants on

Forms of keep one's pants on

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

Questions about keep one's pants on

What does keep one's pants on mean?
Keep one's pants on means to stay calm.
What part of speech is keep one's pants on?
Keep one's pants on is a verb.
What is the past tense of keep one's pants on?
The past tense of keep one's pants on is kept one's pants on.

Words near keep one's pants on in the dictionary

  1. keep one's mouth shut
  2. keep one's nerve
  3. keep one's nose clean
  4. keep one's options open
  5. keep one's own counsel
  6. keep one's pants on
  7. keep one's peace
  8. keep one's pecker up
  9. keep one's powder dry
  10. keep one's shirt on
  11. keep one's side of the bargain

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