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cool, calm, and collected

  1. Calm and composed, self-possessed. For example, No matter what the board decides, you have to appear cool, calm, and collected in front of the stockholders. This alliterative synonym for cool as a cucumber dates from the late 1800s.



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As Davante Adams began his first Rams training camp, star receiver Puka Nacua tried to be cool, calm and collected.

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"Lauren James has a wonderful aura. She is cool, calm, and collected," White said on BBC One.

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“The only people who might be more cool, calm and collected than him in that moment are his teammates — because we have the utmost belief in him,” Jackson said.

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“Not everyone can stay cool, calm and collected when there’s a fire going on around you.”

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Erin, 22, said "you've just got to remain cool, calm and collected and go through the drills".

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