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wear the pants

wear the pants
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [wair stressed th ee pants]
    • /wɛər stressed ði pænts/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [wair stressed th ee pants]
    • /wɛər stressed ði pænts/

Definitions of wear the pants words

  • noun wear the pants trousers (def 1). 1
  • noun wear the pants underpants, especially for women and children; panties. 1
  • noun wear the pants British. men's underpants, especially long drawers. 1
  • idioms wear the pants wear the pants, to have the dominant role; be in charge: I guess we know who wears the pants in that family. 1
  • noun wear the pants to have the greatest authority in a family 0

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Origin of wear the pants

First appearance:

before 1830
One of the 36% newest English words
1830-40; short for pantaloons

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Wear the pants

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

wear the pants popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for wear the pants

verb wear the pants

  • crack the whip — to assert one's authority, esp to put people under pressure to work harder

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