get/keep a grip on yourself
Definition
C1 to make an effort to control your emotions and behave more calmly: I just think he ought to get a grip on himself - he's behaving like a child.Self-control and moderation
(Definition of get/keep a grip on yourself from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- be in command (of yourself) idiom
- collect verb (CONTROL)
- constraint noun
- continent adjective
- cut your coat according to your cloth idiom
- decorous adjective
- dignified adjective
- impervious adjective (PERSON)
- lightly adverb (GENTLY)
- master verb (CONTROL)
- moderation in all things idiom
- moderation noun (REASONABLE LIMITS)
- monastic adjective
- monasticism noun
- pull yourself together phrasal verb
- rise above sth phrasal verb
- self-controlled adjective
- self-denial noun
- self-discipline noun
- self-restraint noun
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