Kayla (English With Kayla)

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English Vocabulary Help · 21 Advanced English Idioms · 28 Jul 2026 podcast

And while you can use this phrase in the spoken workplace, I definitely wouldn't use it in writing or any really formal situation.

It's definitely more slang.

If you've ever had one of those moments where you're really excited, nervous, or you're really eager to meet someone, but you don't want to come off too strong at first, you could use this phrase.

You might say, I'm going to play it cool.

Play it cool.

If you play it cool, it means you're kind of acting calm and relaxed, even though you're having these really intense feelings like excited, nervous.

For instance, if you were going to meet a celebrity and you actually wanted to talk to them without them being like, oh, this is just another crazy fan.

You would definitely want to take a deep breath, relax and play it cool.

So it has nothing to do with pretending that you're cool or trendy or young.

It just means you're relaxed and you're controlling your emotions.

So sometimes if you're playing a prank on someone, you know, maybe you're hiding something from someone or you and your friend are going to have a joke with another friend.

You might say, oh, play it cool.

Like, just relax.

Like, don't act like anything is suspicious or you're excited about anything.

Just relax.

Play it cool is what we say in English.

Now, you might already know what it means to be on hold.

When talking on the phone in English, if you call a number for a business and they need a moment to answer your question or you're waiting to speak to someone on the phone and there's just some music going on, that's when we say we're on hold.

This expression is a little bit different, though.

We say hold the phone.

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