hold one's water (English, verb)
expansion: hold one's water (third-person singular simple present holds one's water, present participle holding one's water, simple past and past participle held one's water)
Senses:
topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: To restrain one's urge to urinate.
tags: dated
glosses: To be patient; to control one's impulses.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: holds one's water
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: holding one's water
tags: participle
present
form: held one's water
tags: participle
past
form: held one's water
tags: past