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idiomwits► at your wits' endgather/collect your witsto try hard to control yourself and think clearly and calmly:By the time I had gathered my wits to reply, she had put the phone down.Trying to collect her wits, Rhoda said she had come to see the villa.have/keep your wits about youto be ready to think clearly and calmly in a difficult situation, so that nobody can gain an advantage over you:You had to have your wits about you when you played poker with my father and Uncle Charlie.If you keep your wits about you, there is every chance that you will get the best deal from your employer, and also prove that you are worth it.pit your wits against sbto use all your intelligence to try and beat someone or something in a competition or difficult situation:I'd like to manage a team at the very highest level and pit my wits against the best.In the book, Renier, an Interpol detective, pits his wits against an international criminal organization.scare/frighten sb out of their wits(also scare/frighten the wits out of sb)(or scare sb witless)to make someone feel very frightened:What did you do that for? You scared me out of my wits!Staying in that big house all alone is frightening the wits out of him - you can't make him go back.There were a few rapes around here that scared us all witless.Note'Frighten' is used more in British English than in American English.
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See:- a battle of wits
- an ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit
- at (one's) wits' end
- at one's wit's end
- at one's wits' end, to be
- at wit's end
- at wits' end
- at your wits' end
- Attic wit
- be at (one's) wits' end
- be at your wits' end
- be frightened out of (one's) wits
- be frightened out of your wits
- Brevity is the soul of wit
- by (one's) wits
- by one's wits
- collect (one's) wits
- collect your wits
- collect/gather your wits
- dimwit
- drive (one) out of (one's) mind
- drive (one) out of (one's) wits
- drive somebody out of their mind/wits
- frighten (one) out of (one's) wits
- frighten one out of wits
- frighten the hell out of
- frighten/scare somebody out of their wits
- gather (one's) wits
- gather your wits
- get (one's) wits about (one)
- get in Dutch (with someone)
- get wits about one
- half-wit
- have (one's) wits about (one)
- have one's wits about one
- have one's wits about one, to
- have your wits about you
- have/keep your wits about you
- keep (one's) wits about (one)
- keep wits about
- live by one's wits
- live by wits
- live by your wits
- live by/on (one's) wits
- live by/on your wits
- match wits
- match wits (with one)
- ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit
- pit (one's) wits against (someone or something)
- pit your wits
- pit your wits against
- pit your wits against someone
- sarcasm is the lowest form of wit
- scare (one) out of (one's) wits
- scare out of one's wits
- scare someone out of their wits
- sharp wit
- staircase wit
- to wit
- wit's end
- You scared the hell out of me
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