idiom · neutral
keep one's cool
/kiːp wʌnz kuːl/keep·one's·COOL
speaking
to stay calm and not show your emotions when you are angry or upset
Examples
“The teacher had to keep her cool despite the noisy classroom.”
“If you can keep your cool in an interview, you'll make a better impression.”
“He kept his cool even when people were blaming him.”
Band 8 sentence
“Even when the journalist provoked him, he managed to keep his cool throughout the interview.”
Collocations
- keep your cool under pressure
- manage to keep one's cool
Word family
keep one's cool verb phrasekeep cool verb phrase
Common mistakes
I keep cool during the exam.→I kept my cool during the exam.
Say it for a higher band
5stay calm→6remain composed→7+keep one's cool
Synonyms
remain calm
Easily confused
keep a stiff upper lip
“He kept a stiff upper lip even when the news was devastating.”
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