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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Sabrina Carpenter is steady on top of the Billboard 200 yet again this week. —

Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024 The set is durable and has non-skid bottoms to keep them steady on the counter—a feature my teenagers appreciate. —

Terri Peters, Parents, 15 Oct. 2024 European stocks closed mixed yesterday as investors assessed the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and assessed fresh unemployment data in the euro zone that showed unemployment across the euro zone held steady on the month at a record-low 6.4% in August. —

Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024 Indexes steady on Middle East news The Stoxx Europe 600 was little changed Wednesday, closing up 0.050%. —

Brooke Seipel, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for steady on