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cooler heads will prevail en · X

Meanings

1. People who are calm and focused are the most likely to succeed or to have the greatest influence on events.
   • The cooler heads will prevail when the top four men in the world do battle Friday in the semifinals at Wimbledon. 1993 July 2, Robin Finn, “Tennis: Hotheads Need Not Apply to the Men's Final Four”, in New York Times, retrieved 20 Mar 2014:
   • This book assumes that cooler heads will prevail. Russian and American negotiators will find some way to accommodate the deployment of a modest interceptor force. 2001, James J. Wirtz, Jeffrey A. Larsen, editors, Rockets’ Red Glare: Missile Defenses and the Future of World Politics, →ISBN, page 11:

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Relateds

cool-headed · cooler heads prevailed · cool head

Synonyms

saner heads will prevail

Translations (1)

fi järki voittaa (people who are calm are the most likely to succeed)