steady-as-she-goes adjective 1steady as she goes phrase 1 adjective1 •steady; careful; avoiding sudden changeHe looked to be in fine shape, sitting glassy-eyed behind the wheel, staring straight at the narrow two-lane highway, holding a steady-as-she-goes course of fifty miles an hour. — 2000 steady as she goes phrase1 •A cry to a helmsman to keep on the current course.
