keep one's powder dry (English, verb)
expansion: keep one's powder dry (third-person singular simple present keeps one's powder dry, present participle keeping one's powder dry, simple past and past participle kept one's powder dry)
Senses:
glosses: To hold back on action until a future time; to save one's resources in case of emergency.
Forms:
form: keeps one's powder dry
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: keeping one's powder dry
tags: participle
present
form: kept one's powder dry
tags: participle
past
form: kept one's powder dry
tags: past
form: keep the powder dry
tags: alternative