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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bottled (up)
held back
Verb
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But the unit is being held back by what was supposed to be its strength — the running game.—
Chad Graff,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025 -
The streams from his time in San Francisco, Oakland, and the nation’s capital did indeed feature some of the more frenzied throngs of people screaming his name and reaching out to touch him, held back only by a cadre of burly bodyguards.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Bottled (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bottled%20%28up%29. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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