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keep one's head

verb

Definitions

  1. To remain calm, reasonable, level-headed, especially in a situation likely to cause…

    To remain calm, reasonable, level-headed, especially in a situation likely to cause distress.

    • If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you . . .
    • The ruffian kept his head, and though the dog's teeth were in his shoulder, he managed to get his right hand free.
    • Officials are calling the woman a hero for keeping her head and finding the only way out amid the panic of the smoke and flames.

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