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keeping it in one's pants

keeping it in one's pants is the present participle and gerund of keep it in one's pants.

Meaning of keep it in one's pants

Verb

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

  1. (informal) To refrain from trying to have sex with someone.
  2. (broadly, informal) To keep or stop oneself from further lusting over something (usually something not inherently sexual or lewd, like a fictional character), especially at a time and place that would be inappropriate for it.
    • keep it in your pants with the furry stuff

Questions about keeping it in one's pants

What is keeping it in one's pants the present participle and gerund of?
Keeping it in one's pants is the present participle and gerund of keep it in one's pants.

Words near keeping it in one's pants in the dictionary

  1. keeping it a bean
  2. keeping it a buck
  3. keeping it a buck fifty
  4. keeping it a stack
  5. keeping it between the ditches
  6. keeping it in one's pants
  7. keeping it in the family
  8. keeping it moving
  9. keeping it one hundred
  10. keeping it together
  11. keeping it up

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