keep wits about
keep (one's) wits about (one)
To stay calm and rational, especially in times of stress. Luckily, the teacher kept her wits about her and was able to evacuate all of her students from the burning building.
See also: keep, wit
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
keep one's wits about (one)
Fig. to remain rational when threatened or under stress; to keep one's mind operating in a time of stress. If Jane hadn't kept her wits about her during the fire, things would have been much worse. I could hardly keep my wits about me.
See also: keep, wit
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- keep (one's) wits about (one)
- get (one's) wits about (one)
- get wits about one
- have (one's) wits about (one)
- have one's wits about one
- have your wits about you
- have/keep your wits about you
- have one's wits about one, to
- intervene between
- intervene between (multiple people)