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keep your composure
Definition
to calm someone or settle something
- Willing his composure, he took a deep breath and continued.p. 298.7
- Finished with her planned tirade, Kelley regained her composure and drove to the east side of Hot Springs to comb the streets.p. 88.6
- In an instant of composure, Kelley said, "There's got to be a reason."p. 288.9
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- Then she composed herself and insisted on cleaning the house.p. 291.4
- "You have to be graceful and composed, which isn't easy when you're falling toward the earth at terminal velocity. if you fight it, you tumble and you fail."p. 207.0
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