playing it cool
Example Sentences
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Pep Guardiola had been playing it cool in the scorching heat that accompanied his final game in charge of Manchester City.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
Much later we realize that everyone's a mess of confusion and hormones, even the kids who are playing it cool.
From Salon • Dec. 4, 2021
Ford, which is fond of nonsensically attaching the phrase “Built Ford Tough” to its products, is playing it cool with the branding this time, simply calling its software updates “Ford Power Ups.”
From The Verge • May 13, 2021
Because playing it cool — oh, if we just keep making the playoffs, we will break through sooner or later — isn’t getting it done.
From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2018
Her voice was oddly flat, but maybe she was playing it cool.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
