get a grip (on yourself)
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.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Self-control and moderation
- be in command (of yourself) idiom
- collect
- command
- constraint
- continent
- cut your coat according to your cloth idiom
- decorous
- dignified
- impervious
- lightly
- mind over matter idiom
- moderation
- moderation in all things idiom
- monastic
- monasticism
- restrict yourself to sth
- rise above sth
- self-controlled
- self-denial
- self-discipline
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