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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The rebels were bottled up in Idlib for years before fighters broke out in a shock offensive and marched across Syria in 10 days. —

Albert Aji and Matthew Lee The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 14 Dec. 2024 The Ravens did an admirable job bottling up the MVP candidate, but not long enough. —

Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 2 Dec. 2024 The Steelers also bottled up Derrick Henry, the NFL’s leading rusher, who entered averaging 6.1 yards per rush and 112 yards per game. —

Andrew Greif, NBC News, 17 Nov. 2024 The stir-craziness of isolation, collector appetite bottled up to bursting, and a global customer base newly comfortable with spending serious cash over the internet meant that the entire wine world was watching—and desperate to bid. —

Josh Condon, Robb Report, 8 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bottle up