Meaning of cool head | Babel Free

Definitions

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

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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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