B2idiominformalnature
hold your horses
USUK
used to tell someone to wait and not act too quickly
Usually said to someone as an order, so it suits conversation more than an exam answer.
In context
Hold your horses! We need to read the contract before we sign anything.
I told him to hold his horses and wait until the results were confirmed.
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- a bird's-eye viewa view of something from high above
- a breath of fresh airsomeone or something new and different that makes a situation more pleasant
- a dark horsea person with hidden talents, or a competitor nobody expected to do well
- a drop in the oceana very small amount compared with what is needed