keep temper

keep one's temper

and hold one's temper

to hold back an expression of anger. (The opposite of lose one's temper.) She should have learned to keep her temper when she was a child. Sally got thrown off the team because she couldn't hold her temper.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Adalberto	ah-dahl-BER-to (Italian, Spanish), ə-dəl-BER-too (Portuguese)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Erazem	-	Slovene
Abihu	ə-BIE-hyoo (English)	Biblical
Cili	-	Hungarian
Alita	-	English (Rare)
Iou	-	Biblical Greek