keep one's shirt on verb1 •(informal) (Usually in the imperative) Stop being impatient; calm down.'Okay, okay. Ah'll ketch da cab when he comes back over da Causeway, else at Clearwater. Okay, okay. Keep yo shirt on. Ah ain't done nuthen wrong.' — 1954 formskept one's shirt on · keeping one's shirt on · keeps one's shirt on