bottling (up)

verb

Definition of bottling (up)next
present participle of bottle (up)
as in choking (back)

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  1. holding back
  2. pulling in
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  • Bolsonaro argues Brazil's hefty national debt is holding back the economy and a top campaign adviser has pledged to reduce it by slashing spending along the lines of Argentina's Javier Milei.
    — Catherine Osborn, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Quick wins will not fix the structural flaws holding back growth.
    — DAN RESTREPO, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of holding back
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  • But, even in a bigger location, JIJI’s quickly started pulling in around 500 people.
    — Mary Carreon, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Then someone decides what the right answer is, usually pulling in product or legal, before it gets written, approved, built into something teachable and scheduled into a session competing with everything else on the calendar.
    — Snehal Nimje, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
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“Bottling (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bottling%20%28up%29. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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