steady
41steady — n. a boyfriend or girlfriend. □ She showed up with Tom, her steady for the last few months. □ My steady is laid up with a cold. I’ll come alone …
42steady — see full cup, steady hand slow and steady wins the race …
43steady — See: GO STEADY …
44steady — See: GO STEADY …
45steady — [16] Steady was derived from stead ‘place’, probably on the model of Middle Low German stēdig ‘stable’. This in turn went back to a prehistoric Germanic *stadigaz, a product of the same base as produced English stead. Its etymological meaning is… …
46steady — n Boyfriend or girlfriend. Natalie s steady is a hunk who works as a lifeguard at the beach. 1920s …
47steady — See: go steady …
48steady on! — Brit. calm down; be more reasonable. → steady …
49steady — adj 1. stable, solid, substantial, stout, sound; poised, balanced, offset, counterbalanced, counterpoised. 2.(all of movement) even, regular, rhythmic, rhythmical; metronomic, metronomical. 3. uniform, changeless, unchanging, unvarying,… …
50steady on — British spoken used for telling someone that you do not approve of the bad things that they are saying Steady on, Karen! You re talking about my boyfriend …