See Also: pants 1, noun(dictionary)
Put pants on it(finance)
pants(dictionary)
ski pants(dictionary)
hot pants(dictionary)
pants 2, adjective(dictionary)
stirrup pants(dictionary)
key 2, noun(dictionary)
hem 1, noun(dictionary)
keep 2, noun(dictionary)

pants 1, noun (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: pantaloons]
especially AmE a piece of clothing that covers you from your waist to your feet and has a separate part for each leg
British Equivalent: trousers
::She was wearing dark blue pants and a white sweater.
BrE a piece of underwear that covers the area between your waist and the top of your legs
American Equivalent: underpants -see also knickers knickers, briefs briefs, boxer shorts boxer shorts
bore/scare etc the pants off sb
informal spoken to make someone feel very bored, very frightened etc
::She always bores the pants off me.
beat the pants off sb
AmE spoken to defeat someone very easily in a game or competition
-synonym thrash thrash
sb puts his pants on one leg at a time
AmE spoken used to say that someone is just like everyone else
::Go on, ask him for his autograph - he puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you do.
(since sb was) in short pants
BrE informal since someone was a very young boy
::I've known Eric since he was in short pants.
-see also do sth by the seat of your pants at seat 1 (10)
-see also catch sb with their pants down at catch 1 (6)
-see also wear the pants/trousers at wear 1 (7)