hold (one's) water



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hold (one's) water

To be calm or patient; to stop making pressing demands, requests, or solicitations. Janet needs to hold her water and just let the committee do its job. You kids hold your water back there or I swear I'll turn this car right around!
See also: hold, water

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
MÁEl Sechnaill-Ancient Irish
IrelandIER-ləndEnglish (Modern)
Govinda-Hinduism, Indian, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada
Mari (1)MAH-ree (Finnish), mah-REE (Swedish)Welsh, Breton, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Hrvoje-Croatian
Domagoj-Croatian