cool heads prevail
Calm people, thoughts, or actions triumph in the end. If cool heads prevail in our fight against the school board, we'll finally be able to reach a compromise. Hey, in the ER, cool heads prevail—got it? Lives depend on it, after all. If cool heads prevail for once, we might just get these negotiations wrapped up!
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