BOTTLED UP Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

bottled (up)

verb

past tense of bottle (up)

as in choked (back)

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held back

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If a third of that pool has smoothed over an age, downplayed a caregiving responsibility or held back an honest opinion online, that manager is working from an edited pool without knowing it.

— Houman Akhavan, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Paramount voluntarily agreed not to close the deal until after a trial is held back in July.

— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 15 Sep. 2026

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