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!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sava	-	Serbian, Bulgarian
Samantha	sə-MAN-thə (English)	English, Italian, Dutch
Nathaniel	nə-THAN-ee-əl (English), nə-THAN-yəl (English)	English, Biblical
Malandra	-	English (Rare)
Tafari	-	Eastern African, Amharic
Rebekka	re-BE-kah (German), RE-bek-kah (Finnish)	German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese, Finnish, Biblical Greek