keep one's pants on

verb

To stay calm.

“All right, okay! Keep your pants on, I'm coming!”

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Meanings

verbkeep 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)

present singular third person keeps one's pants on · participle present keeping one's pants on · participle past kept one's pants on · past kept one's pants on

  1. idiomaticimperativeslangTo stay calm.

    All right, okay! Keep your pants on, I'm coming!

    Synonyms: keep one's hair on, keep one's knickers on

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo stay calm.

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keep one's hair onkeep one's knickers on
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