collect one's thoughts (English, verb)
expansion: collect one's thoughts (third-person singular simple present collects one's thoughts, present participle collecting one's thoughts, simple past and past participle collected one's thoughts)
Senses:
glosses: To become mentally composed, especially after being distressed, surprised, or disoriented; to become calm or organized in one's emotional state or thinking, as in preparation for a conversation, speech, decision, etc.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: collects one's thoughts
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: collecting one's thoughts
tags: participle
present
form: collected one's thoughts
tags: participle
past
form: collected one's thoughts
tags: past