steady on
idiom
British, informal
—used to tell someone to be calmer, to stop thinking or saying foolish or unreasonable things, etc.
"Everything's going wrong!" "Steady on, now. It's not as bad as that."
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Made with 40 eye-catching LED snowflakes, this indoor/outdoor string of lights is available in cool white and warm white and has two functions: twinkle/flash and steady on.
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Melony Forcier, People.com, 30 Dec. 2024
The Slinky was originally designed to keep equipment steady on ships.
—Dawn Mitchell, The Enquirer, 26 Dec. 2024
The People’s Bank of China held its loan prime rates steady on Friday, leaving the one-year rate unchanged at 3.1% and the five-year rate at 3.6%.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
For now, Trump’s team is telling allies to hold steady on the rest of the slate.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 4 Dec. 2024
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Melony Forcier, People.com, 30 Dec. 2024
The Slinky was originally designed to keep equipment steady on ships.
—Dawn Mitchell, The Enquirer, 26 Dec. 2024
The People’s Bank of China held its loan prime rates steady on Friday, leaving the one-year rate unchanged at 3.1% and the five-year rate at 3.6%.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
For now, Trump’s team is telling allies to hold steady on the rest of the slate.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Steady on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steady%20on. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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