Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

keep one's hair on

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.29 in modern English

Syllables: keep- one's hair on
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To stay calm; to be patient; to calm down.

British usage; Colloquial

Example Sentences

"All right, all right, just keep your hair on, mate."
"“Oh, nothing, nothing!” “Yes, there’s something. I mean to know!” “Keep your hair on; it’s nothing.” “Out with it!” cried Addie, scarlet with rage. And he flew at Jaap’s throat."
"1965 [Chatto & Windus], Margery Allingham, The Mind Readers, 2016, Penguin Random House (Vintage), page 138, ‘Keep your hair on, I don't see any crime. […] ’"
"“Sorry old chap—keep your hair on—but surely you knew just about everyone was siphoning off the odd bit, here and there?”"

Usage

British usage
Colloquial

Inflected Forms

keeps one's hair on (present, singular) keeping one's hair on (participle, present) kept one's hair on (participle, past) kept one's hair on (past)

Synonyms

keep one's knickers on keep one's pants on keep one's shirt on keep one's wig on

Antonyms

get one's bowels in an uproar get one's knickers in a knot get one's knickers in a twist

Questions

What does keep one's hair on mean?: To stay calm; to be patient; to calm down.

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