keep your head
Maintain your composure
To keep your head is to stay calm and think clearly under pressure, when others might panic or act rashly.
The phrase comes from Kipling's poem "If": If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs.
Someone who keeps their head in a crisis remains composed enough to make good decisions: She kept her head and guided everyone to safety.
- stay calmRemain unruffled
- calmFree from agitation
- coolCalm or fashionable
- steadyFixed, not fluctuating
- composureEmotional self-control
focus · collected · unflappable · steady nerves · nerve · poise · don't panic · stress · crisis · under pressure · breathe · think · rational · clear mind · stoic · zen · pressure · deep breath
- calming phrasesstay calm, calm down, relax, take it easy, easy does it
emotional composure under pressure
keep your headpanic
Uncontrollable sudden fear
freak out · lose your cool · go to pieces · fall apart · lose it
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