Meaning of cool head | Babel Free

Definitions

A calm, focused demeanor and mindset; a person having such characteristics.

idiomatic

Examples

“[H]e had been engaged in divers hostile expeditions against the aborigines, and on all occasions had he shown a cool head and a resolute mind.”

“Joan had a cool head—the only cool head there—and she took command and brought order out of that chaos.”

“It requires a cool head, which Mr. Murray most assuredly has, as well as the ability to remain unruffled by bizarre apparitions.”

“A telegenic personality who connected easily with journalists, Gerberding quickly became the public face of the CDC—a rare cool head among a parade of increasingly confused health bureaucrats.”

“There was also public praise in the days that followed for the train's driver, Andrew Johnson. It took a cool head to co-ordinate with the signaller at York ROC to have the train switched from fast to slow line, to permit the stop in Huntingdon station.”

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