steady on

Interjection

Meaning

Indicates a need not to exaggerate or be excessive
- I'm never going back to that restaurant!- Steady on! They only brought you the wrong drink.

A generic exclamation of surprise

Examples

There is no better ballast for keeping the mind steady on its keel, and saving it from all risk of crankiness, than business. James Russell Lowell

Lord, I'm going to hold steady on to You and You've got to see me through. Harriet Tubman

I have drawn strength from the stars, and the cosmic sources beyond the universe. You know nothing of my power. It is enough - more than enough - to keep Atlantis steady on its foundation, impregnable against the attacks of Dagon's breed. Henry Kuttner

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