hold one's water

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Verb

1. (physiology, dated) To restrain one's urge to urinate.
2. (idiomatic) To be patient; to control one's impulses.

   Hold your water, I'll get to you in a minute.

   • 2011, Thomas Swan, The Da Vinci Deception: An Inspector Jack Oxby Novel, ISBN 9781557049773, ch. 1 ↗:

     "C'mon, move it! Get your ass in gear!" […]

Synonyms

• (restrain urge to urinate) hold it
• (be patient) hold one's horses; See also Thesaurus:wait

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