"keep one's cool" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-keep one's cool.ogg Forms: keeps one's cool [present, singular, third-person], keeping one's cool [participle, present], kept one's cool [participle, past], kept one's cool [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|keep<,,kept> one's cool}} keep one's cool (third-person singular simple present keeps one's cool, present participle keeping one's cool, simple past and past participle kept one's cool)
  1. (idiomatic) To remain composed, calm, and even-tempered, especially in a provocative situation. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: keep a cool head, have one's wits about one Translations (to remain composed, calm): ürəyini buz kimi saxlamaq (Azerbaijani), запазвам хладнокръвие (zapazvam hladnokrǎvie) (Bulgarian), pysyä rauhallisena (Finnish), pitää pää kylmänä (Finnish), garder son sang-froid (French), garder son calme (French), einen kühlen Kopf bewahren (German), a mente fredda (Italian), zachowywać zimną krew [imperfective] (Polish), zachować zimną krew [perfective] (Polish), manter a calma (Portuguese), manter o sangue frio (Portuguese), na caill do cheann (Scottish Gaelic), udržať si chladnú hlavu (Slovak), ha is i magen (Swedish), hålla huvudet kallt (Swedish), hålla sig i skinnet (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "to remain composed, calm",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to remain composed, calm",
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          "sense": "to remain composed, calm",
          "word": "manter o sangue frio"
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          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to remain composed, calm",
          "word": "na caill do cheann"
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          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to remain composed, calm",
          "word": "udržať si chladnú hlavu"
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          "sense": "to remain composed, calm",
          "word": "ha is i magen"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to remain composed, calm",
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      "code": "az",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "pitää pää kylmänä"
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      "sense": "to remain composed, calm",
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      "sense": "to remain composed, calm",
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      "sense": "to remain composed, calm",
      "word": "ha is i magen"
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      "word": "hålla huvudet kallt"
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