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
Dip	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi
HipÓLito	ee-PO-lee-to (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese
Yehudit	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Antoni	ahn-TAW-nee (Polish), ən-TAW-nee (Catalan)	Polish, Catalan
Wisdom	WIZ-dəm	English (Rare)
MaŁGosia	-	Polish