keep one's shirt on
Stop being impatient; calm down(Usually in the imperative) Stop being impatient; calm down.
» She keeps on making the same mistakes.
Sie macht immer wieder dieselben Fehler. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Она продолжает совершать одни и те же ошибки. — FeuDRenais
Вона продовжує робити ті самі помилки. — deniko
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1 senses(informal)(Usually in the imperative) Stop being impatient; calm down.
Examples
790 sentencesShe keeps on making the same mistakes.
Вона продовжує робити ті самі помилки. — deniko
ruОна продолжает совершать одни и те же ошибки. — FeuDRenais
deSie macht immer wieder dieselben Fehler. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
He kept on smoking all the time.
Він постійно палив. — deniko
He kept on writing stories about animals.
Він продовжував писати оповідання про тварин. — ChickenKiev
ruОн продолжал писать рассказы о животных. — marafon
deEr schrieb weiter Geschichten über Tiere. — Esperantostern
She kept on writing stories about animals.
Вона продовжувала писати оповідання про тварин. — ChickenKiev
ruОна продолжала писать рассказы о животных. — sharptoothed
deSie schrieb weiter Geschichten über Tiere. — wolfgangth
We need someone to keep an eye on our baby while we are away.
Нам потрібен хтось, щоб доглядати нашу дитину поки нас не буде. — aandrusiak
deWir brauchen jemanden, der auf das Baby aufpasst, während wir fort sind. — kriskelvin
Forms
keeps one's shirt on, keeping one's shirt on, kept one's shirt on, kept one's shirt on| Base form | keep one's shirt on · to keep one's shirt on |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | keeps one's shirt on |
| Present participle | keeping one's shirt on |
| Past simple | kept one's shirt on |
| Past participle | kept one's shirt on |
irregular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.