bottle up
phrasal verb
bottled up; bottling up; bottles up
: to keep (a feeling or emotion) inside instead of expressing it : to hide (a feeling or emotion)
She's kept her feelings about the accident bottled up for too long.
I know he's angry, but he bottles it up inside instead of talking to someone about it.
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Just as pressure may need to be released, not bottled up.
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arkansasonline.com, 1 Mar. 2025
Instead of a futile effort to keep this genie bottled up, the government and the industry should be preparing our society for the sweeping changes that are soon to come.
—Zeynep Tufekci, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2025
The administration has seized on creative loopholes to continue to bottle up government spending, despite court orders pausing those efforts.
—Nicholas Nehamas, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
Too often, parents — especially moms — are forced to bottle up their anger and resentment toward a broken system that constantly works against them.
—Reshma Saujani, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
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arkansasonline.com, 1 Mar. 2025
Instead of a futile effort to keep this genie bottled up, the government and the industry should be preparing our society for the sweeping changes that are soon to come.
—Zeynep Tufekci, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2025
The administration has seized on creative loopholes to continue to bottle up government spending, despite court orders pausing those efforts.
—Nicholas Nehamas, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
Too often, parents — especially moms — are forced to bottle up their anger and resentment toward a broken system that constantly works against them.
—Reshma Saujani, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bottle up
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“Bottle up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bottle%20up. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.
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