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keep one's shirt on en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (informal) (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

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
keeping one's shirt on Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
keeps one's shirt on Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
kept one's shirt on Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
kept one's shirt on Tense=Past lexicographic

Translations (1)

da tag det nu roligt (calm down)