collect (one's) wits

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To try to calm oneself and think clearly and rationally. Take a moment to collect your wits, then tell us how the accident happened.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ramakrishna	-	Indian, Telugu, Kannada
Rokuro	ṙo-koo-ṙo:	Japanese
Vasil	vah-SIL (Bulgarian)	Bulgarian, Macedonian, Georgian, Albanian
Marino	-	Italian, Spanish
Sunita	-	Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali
Ciara (2)	see-AHR-ə, see-ER-ə	English (Modern)