hold your horses
Slangused to tell sb that they should wait a moment and not be so excited that they take action without thinking about it first
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used to tell sb that they should wait a moment and not be so excited that they take action without thinking about it first
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Hold your horses. We're leaving.
Said in 8 films · #1