Keep One's Powder Dry Definition

verb

To hold back on action until a future time; to save one's resources in case of emergency.

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Origin of Keep One's Powder Dry

  • From the maxim "Trust in God and keep your powder dry", attributed to Oliver Cromwell ; in the days of muskets, soldiers needed to keep their bags of gunpowder dry so they could load their guns at short notice.

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