keep one's cool
Maintain composure under pressure
To keep one's cool is to remain calm and composed under pressure or provocation.
The phrase implies self-control when circumstances might justify losing your temper: She kept her cool even when he started shouting.
The opposite is to lose one's cool.
- stay calmRemain unruffled
- calmnessPeaceful mental state
- relaxationState of being unwound
- deep breathThorough filling of lungs
- composureEmotional self-control
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emotional self-control
keep one's coollose one's temper
React with sudden anger
fly off the handle · lose one's cool · blow up · blow one's top · lose it
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