keep one's shirt on
keep one's shirt on verb: (Usually in the imperative) Stop being impatient; calm down.
Verb
keep one's shirt on (third-person singular simple present keeps one's shirt on, present participle keeping one's shirt on, simple past and past participle kept one's shirt on)
- (Usually in the imperative) Stop being impatient; calm down.
- 'Okay, okay. Ah'll ketch da cab when he comes back over da Causeway, else at Clearwater. Okay, okay. Keep yo shirt on. Ah ain't done nuthen wrong.'1954, Ian Fleming, “The Everglades”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 124
Forms of keep one's shirt on
| third-person singular present | keeps one's shirt on |
|---|---|
| present participle | keeping one's shirt on |
| past participle | kept one's shirt on |
| past | kept one's shirt on |
Questions about keep one's shirt on
- What does keep one's shirt on mean?
- Keep one's shirt on means (Usually in the imperative) Stop being impatient; calm down.
- What part of speech is keep one's shirt on?
- Keep one's shirt on is a verb.
- What is the past tense of keep one's shirt on?
- The past tense of keep one's shirt on is kept one's shirt on.
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