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cool heads will prevail

cool heads will prevail is the alternative form of cooler heads will prevail.

Meaning of cooler heads will prevail

Proverb

cooler heads will prevail

  1. People who are calm and focused are the most likely to succeed or to have the greatest influence on events.
    • The cooler heads will prevail when the top four men in the world do battle Friday in the semifinals at Wimbledon.1993 July 2, Robin Finn, “Tennis: Hotheads Need Not Apply to the Men's Final Four”, in New York Times, retrieved 20 Mar 2014

Questions about cool heads will prevail

What is cool heads will prevail the alternative form of?
Cool heads will prevail is the alternative form of cooler heads will prevail.

Words near cool heads will prevail in the dictionary

  1. cool hands
  2. cool head
  3. cool heads
  4. cool heads must prevail
  5. cool heads prevail
  6. cool heads will prevail
  7. cool hunter
  8. cool hunters
  9. cool it
  10. cool jazz
  11. cool kid

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