bottle sth up
— phrasal verb with bottle uk/ˈbɒt.əl/us/ˈbɑː.t̬əl/verb [ T ]
When a person bottles things up, they refuse to talk about things that make them angry or worried.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Controlling emotions
- bottle
- brave
- breaking point
- choke
- choke sth back
- collected
- compose
- composure
- cork
- frustrated
- give voice to sth idiom
- gulp sth back
- harden
- harden your heart idiom
- repress
- repressed
- self-possession
- steadily
- swallow
- temper
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