PULL DOWN YOUR VEST, verb. phr. (American).—A street catch-phrase of no special meaning.
1875–6. H. G. RICHMOND, Burton’s Events [BARTLETT].
| But the latest flash saying with which we are blest | |
| Is to tell a man quietly, ‘PULL DOWN YOUR VEST.’ |
TO LOSE ONE’S VEST, verb. phr. (common).—To get angry, lose one’s temper: cf. ‘KEEP YOUR HAIR ON!’
