keep it on the barber pole
English
Etymology
From the artificial horizon used in aircraft, which resembles a striped barber's pole.
Pronunciation
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Verb
keep it on the barber pole (third-person singular simple present keeps it on the barber pole, present participle keeping it on the barber pole, simple past and past participle kept it on the barber pole)
- (intransitive, slang) To do something correctly.
See also
- five-by-five
- right the ship
- straight and narrow