keep/stay cool

idiom

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

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Advertisement Regulate Your Temperature In the case of extreme heat, there are ways to stay cool that don’t involve AC or electric fans. Simmone Shah, Time, 24 June 2025 People are urged to stay cool, but that's proving difficult for thousands in Adams County who have been without power since Sunday night, WGAL reported. Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025 Millions of people in the U.S. are trying to stay cool as the summer's first major heat wave continues to create dangerous conditions across the Midwest and along the East Coast. Julia Simon, NPR, 24 June 2025 Ask yourself: Can your home stay cool in extreme heat without racking up huge bills? Joseph Coughlin, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for keep/stay cool

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“Keep/stay cool.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keep%2Fstay%20cool. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.

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