pants
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
Britannica Dictionary definition of PANTS
[plural]
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chiefly US
:
a piece of clothing that covers your body from the waist to the ankle and has a separate part for each leg
— sometimes used in the singular form pant especially before another noun and in clothing catalogs
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a pair of pants [=trousers]
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short/long pants
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a pants leg
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a pant leg
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a classic khaki pant = (more commonly) classic khaki pants
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ants in your pants
by the seat of your pants
keep your pants on
US, informal
— used to tell someone to be patient
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“Aren't you ready to leave yet?” “Keep your pants on! I'll be ready in a minute.”
the pants off
informal
— used for emphasis after words like charm, scare, frighten, bore, and beat
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He can charm the pants off anybody. [=he is very charming]
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She scared the pants off us [=she scared us very badly] when she phoned at 3 a.m.
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The meeting bored the pants off me.
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The home team beat the pants off the visiting team last night.
wear the pants
with your pants down
US, informal
:
in an embarrassing or unprepared position
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The clinic now maintains an adequate supply of vaccine so that it won't be caught with its pants down if there is a flu outbreak two years in a row.
