prevail
cooler heads prevail
Calm people, thoughts, or actions triumph in the end. Thankfully, cooler heads prevailed in our fight against the school board, and we were able to reach a compromise.
See also: cooler, head, prevail
cooler heads will prevail
Calm people, thoughts, or actions will triumph in the end. Please, everyone, calm down! I think that cooler heads will prevail in this fight against the school board.
See also: cooler, head, prevail, will
prevail (up)on (one) to (do something)
To try to persuade, appeal to, or influence one to do something. We've prevailed upon members of congress to introduce legislation that will protect our citizens' jobs. I will prevail on him to speak at the assembly.
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prevail against (someone or something)
To overcome and succeed against someone or something. I believe as strongly today as I did when I was younger that love will always prevail against hate in the long run. No one expected our team to prevail against the defending champions, but we found it in ourselves to win.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
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: cooler, head, prevail
prevail against someone or something
to win out over someone or something; to dominate someone or something. You will not prevail against me! I am sure that our team will prevail against the challengers.
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prevail (up)on someone or something (to do something)
to appeal to someone or a group to do something. (Upon is formal and less commonly used than on.) I will prevail upon her to attend the meeting. I prevailed on the committee to no avail.
See also: on, prevail
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
prevail on
Successfully persuade or influence, as in They prevailed on me to speak at their annual luncheon. This term uses prevail in the sense of "exert superior force." It replaced prevail with in the mid-1600s.
See also: on, prevail
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
prevail on
or prevail uponv.
To successfully persuade or induce someone to do something: We prevailed on the committee to stop the developers from building a shopping mall. Lobbyists prevailed upon the president to veto the legislation.
See also: on, prevail
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
- cooler
- cooler heads prevail
- prevailing
- cooler heads will prevail
- reason with
- reason with (one)
- within walking distance
- (with)in walking distance (of someone or something)
- luck out of
- luck out of (something)