keep one's shirt on

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keep one's shirt on

verb keeps one's shirt on · keeping one's shirt on · kept one's shirt on

  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.'

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@misc{keep_one_s_shirt_on_2026,
  title = {keep one's shirt on},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/keep%20one's%20shirt%20on},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}