keep one's pants on

English

Pronunciation

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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, slang, chiefly imperative) To stay calm.

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

Synonyms

• keep one's hair on
• keep one's knickers on

See also

• keep it in one's pants