keep one's hair on

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

  1. (idiomatic, British, Ireland, colloquial) To stay calm; to be patient; to calm down.
    All right, all right, just keep your hair on, mate.

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Chiefly used in the imperative mood.

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