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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Defensively, Minnesota entirely bottled up the Knicks. —

Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 17 Jan. 2025 Many others are bottled up at Port Sudan, the Red Sea city from which the central government operates, since Khartoum remains a war zone. —

Karl Vick, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025 The defense led by an array of five-stars like Sawyer plus Alabama transfer Caleb Downs bottled up Texas coach’s Steve Sarkisian’s high-powered offense long enough for the offense to awaken in the fourth quarter. —

Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Jan. 2025 Regardless, leading running back Brian Robinson Jr. (five carries for 10 yards) has largely been bottled up after Washington’s Week 14 bye. —

Ben Standig, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for bottle up