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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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%.
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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
The Slinky was originally designed to keep equipment steady on ships.
—Dawn Mitchell, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
The move had been widely anticipated by investors, so the euro, French stocks and bonds were largely steady on Thursday as Barnier officially resigned.
—Lawrence Delevingne and Dhara Ranasinghe, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
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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
The Slinky was originally designed to keep equipment steady on ships.
—Dawn Mitchell, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
The move had been widely anticipated by investors, so the euro, French stocks and bonds were largely steady on Thursday as Barnier officially resigned.
—Lawrence Delevingne and Dhara Ranasinghe, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Steady on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steady%20on. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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