keep a cool head

phrase

: to stay calm
It is important to keep a cool head in a crisis.

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Meanwhile, Antonelli will be keen to keep a cool head and stay out of unnecessary trouble, and despite coming off two straight winless outings, the Italian youngster certainly has the pace needed to get the job done. — Yara Elshebiny, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 Do your best to keep a cool head. — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026 Advertisement Until now, the goal of the Danish government has been to keep Greenland out of the headlines; to wait it out and keep a cool head. — Mujtaba Rahman, Time, 7 Jan. 2026 Minnesota Vikings star Justin Jefferson can only keep a cool head for so long. — Trevor Squire, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for keep a cool head

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“Keep a cool head.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keep%20a%20cool%20head. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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