hold on to your hat
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What if I told you that you could make a cheesecake with just three ingredients and — hold on to your hat — zero measuring?
From Salon • Oct. 21, 2021
As my grandfather used to say, hold on to your hat.
From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2021
My friend cried with me, hugged me, took a long pause and said, “Well, Diana, hold on to your hat because the same thing happened to me.”
From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2017
Customization would be key; you could make chickpea tempeh or lentil tempeh or — hold on to your hat — chickpea-lentil tempeh.
From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2015
You have to hold on to your hat, hold on to your clothes, hold on to your body itself, almost.
From What Happened to Inger Johanne As Told by Herself by Zwilgmeyer, Dikken
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