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kept one's cool

kept one's cool is the simple past and past participle of keep one's cool.

Meaning of keep one's cool

Verb

keep one's cool (third-person singular simple present keeps one's cool, present participle keeping one's cool, simple past and past participle kept one's cool)

  1. (idiomatic) To remain composed, calm, and even-tempered, especially in a provocative situation.
    • All week long I've been keepin' my cool / But tonight I'm gonna let my hair down / And get down with these down home blues1982, George Jackson, “Down Home Blues”, performed by Z. Z. Hill

Questions about kept one's cool

What is kept one's cool the simple past and past participle of?
Kept one's cool is the simple past and past participle of keep one's cool.

Words near kept one's cool in the dictionary

  1. kept on trucking
  2. kept one's breath to cool one's porridge
  3. kept one's cards close to one's chest
  4. kept one's chapels
  5. kept one's chin up
  6. kept one's cool
  7. kept one's counsel
  8. kept one's countenance
  9. kept one's distance
  10. kept one's ears open
  11. kept one's end up

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