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cooler heads prevail

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cooler heads prevail
Fig. the ideas or influence of less emotional people prevail. (Used of a tense situation.) One hopes that cooler heads will prevail and soon everything will calm down.
See also: head, prevail


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Let's hope that cooler heads prevail as such action would most likely slow an already declining economy.
Is the sky really falling? What is happening with the economy? What ... by Watson, Dan / Coatings World
The Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA's) recent efforts on bankruptcy reform and Federal Housing Administration (FHA) modernization illustrate the challenges in helping cooler heads prevail on Capitol Hill.
Ensuring prudent policy in a crisis atmosphere by O'Connor, Steve / Mortgage Banking
Kennedy and Khrushchev let cooler heads prevail, thus fending off Armageddon.
Fidel, you ol' fart by Ivins, Molly / The Progressive
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