bottle up

phrasal verb

bottled up; bottling up; bottles up

Definition of bottle 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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