Definition of hold (one's) horses

hold (one's) horses    

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verb

• to wait patiently.

  She told me to hold my horses.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to wait.

  Last edited on Apr 25 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'to wait':
cool (one's) heels	Definitions include: to wait.
holding pattern	Definitions include: a period of waiting, during which little can be accomplished, until a particular external event occurs.
hold up	Definitions include: to wait.
hold on	Definitions include: to wait.
posted up	Definitions include: to be standing or sitting somewhere.
cool (one's) jets	Definitions include: to calm down or wait.
hold the phone	Definitions include: "wait a minute"; "hold on"; etc.
marinate	Definitions include: to sit around waiting for something to happen.
sit tight	Definitions include: to stay in one place and wait patiently.

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Other terms relating to 'hold':
hold	Definitions include: to have drugs.
hold a candle to	Definitions include: to be superior to, in some way.
hold down	Definitions include: be there for you.
holding pattern	Definitions include: a period of waiting, during which little can be accomplished, until a particular external event occurs.
holding up	Definitions include: to be doing.
hold on	Definitions include: to wait.
hold (one's) breath	Definitions include: to wait.
hold (one's) liquor	Definitions include: to have a respectable alcohol tolerance.
hold the fort	Definitions include: to maintain the proper operation of something, such as a business.
hold the phone	Definitions include: "wait a minute"; "hold on"; etc.
hold truck with	Definitions include: to agree with.
hold up	Definitions include: to wait.
hold water	Definitions include: to be inadequate.
leave holding the bag	Definitions include: to abandon a person after a crime has been committed, leaving them with incriminating evidence (literally) or blame (figuratively.)
look like a baby's arm holding an apple	Definitions include: said of a penis, extremely large.
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Other terms relating to 'horse':
beat a dead horse	Definitions include: to bring up a subject that was resolved (or should have been resolved) long ago.
charley horse	Definitions include: a cramp of the leg.
dark horse	Definitions include: usually "dark horse candidate."
eat like a horse	Definitions include: when eating, to often eat a lot.
get back on the horse	Definitions include: to continue trying something that one has had difficulty with in the past.
high horse	Definitions include: a position of arrogance.
hitch to this horse	Definitions include: to make one's future success dependent on something.
horse	Definitions include: heroin.
horse around	Definitions include: to play around.
horse hockey	Definitions include: a big lie, exaggeration, or a lot of nonsense.
horse opera	Definitions include: a formulaic "western" (that is - a story about the American West.)
horse's *ss	Definitions include: idiot; "jackass".
horse sh*t	Definitions include: nonsense
horse's petute	Definitions include: horse's ass.
hung like a horse	Definitions include: to have a large penis.
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