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Definition bottle up in American English

bottle up phrasal verb

[transitive] phrasal verb
1

to stop yourself from showing negative emotions like anger and disappointment, especially over a long period, so that these feelings develop in a harmful way

Example

private resentments that she had bottled up for ten years

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Definition bottle up in American English