keep one's temper
• retain composure when angry.
• "it took all her patience to keep her temper"
Similar:
composure,
equanimity,
self-control,
self-possession,
sangfroid,
coolness,
calm,
calmness,
tranquillity,
good humour,
cool,
become very angry,
fly into a rage,
explode,
blow up,
erupt,
lose control,
go berserk,
breathe fire,
begin to rant and rave,
flare up,
boil over,
go mad,
go crazy,
go wild,
go bananas,
have a fit,
see red,
fly off the handle,
blow one's top,
blow a fuse,
blow a gasket,
do one's nut,
hit the roof,
go through the roof,
go up the wall,
go off the deep end,
lose one's cool,
go ape,
flip,
flip one's lid,
lose one's rag,
lose it,
freak out,
be fit to be tied,
be foaming at the mouth,
burst a blood vessel,
get one's dander up,
go non-linear,
go spare,
go crackers,
throw a wobbly,
get one's knickers in a twist,
flip one's wig,
go crook,
go apeshit,