bottle (up)

verb

Definition of bottle (up)next
as in to hold back

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  1. hold back
  2. measure
  3. curb
Verb
  • Despite slashing prices on thousands of items and seeing a slight uptick in customer traffic, inflation-weary shoppers are holding back on purchases.
    Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 20 Nov. 2024
  • From the infamous club shooting that resulted in his incarceration to his thoughts on Puff’s current legal woes, the Belizean politician isn’t holding back in promotion of new Hulu documentary, The Honorable Shyne.
    Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of hold back
Verb
  • To measure their widths, the team used a scanning electron microscope.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Success is impossible to measure without clear goals.
    Andrea Ruskin, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of measure
Verb
  • In San Benito County, voters embraced a slow-growth measure aimed at curbing Silicon Valley sprawl.
    Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • However, Republicans have long expressed an interest in curbing access to the ACA.
    Li Zhou, Vox, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of curb
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“Bottle (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bottle%20%28up%29. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.

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