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stay calm vs keep calm

'Stay calm' and 'keep calm' are both acceptable English phrases. They are interchangeable and can be used to advise someone in a stressful situation to remain composed and not get agitated.

Explained by Gregg
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Last updated: September 15, 2024

stay calm

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to advise someone to remain composed and not get agitated in a stressful situation.

Examples:

Please stay calm and think before you react.
It's important to stay calm during emergencies.
Stay calm and don't panic.

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With breathing exercises, you can stay calm and de-stress.
Avoid any thoughtless remarks, stay calm and seek consensus.
I told him to stay calm.
Or to stay calm if somebody has a different idea than you.
Try to stay calm, Mrs. Malloy.
You got to stay calm and use your head.
Don't worry, stay calm.
Try to stay calm, Luisa.
Whatever happens after that, you must stay calm.
Now go home and you stay calm.
It's all right, stay calm.
So, we have to stay calm.
We've got to stay calm, both of us.
All right, children, stay calm.
Okay, I want you to stay calm.
All right, sweetheart, stay calm.
Please stay calm and look for the emergency exit signs.
Remember, try to stay calm.
Okay, honey, stay calm.
Just remember to take it easy and stay calm.

Alternatives:

Keep calm
Remain calm
Stay composed
Stay relaxed
Stay collected

keep calm

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to advise someone to remain composed and not get agitated in a stressful situation.

Examples:

Remember to keep calm in challenging situations.
Keep calm and carry on.
It's important to keep calm under pressure.

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Try to keep calm, everyone.
The main thing is to keep calm.
All we need to do is keep calm and we'll find a way out.
First of all, I am going to try and persuade the Rwandans and the Congolese to keep calm and not to act in haste and risk reopening a conflict when the transition process is in full swing.
Arne, if we keep calm, it'll be all right.
Let's keep calm here. It's a win.
You've got to keep calm, woman.
You should sit down, try to keep calm.
Let us try to keep calm about this.
What we have to do here is keep calm and do nothing out of the ordinary.
It's very important for a child's environment that the role models around them make a consistent and conspicuous effort to keep calm.
The police appeal to the public to keep calm and to admit uniformed search parties to all property.
I am also a Spanish Member of the House but, as President, I have tried to keep calm and will do so.
We feel it is too early to start predicting traffic chaos, and we would urge everyone to keep calm and to monitor the situation to see whether road and rail transport cannot solve the problems themselves.
Okay, the important thing is that we keep calm and we don't alarm the parents, cause there's no reason to...
I knew to keep calm, I had to keep silent.
I am trying to maintain a stiff British upper lip but how can I keep calm with those two here?
Okay, Zeek, let's try and keep calm, okay?
So, we'll keep him off the front lines, and he can just, you know, keep calm and carry on, right?
We need to keep calm and carry on as normally as possible.

Alternatives:

Stay calm
Remain calm
Stay composed
Stay relaxed
Stay collected

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