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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  • Some investors are holding back until next year’s potentially tight presidential election, worried that if Milei loses, the next government could unravel his free-market reforms.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Africa remains the continent with the largest electricity access gap, holding back economic growth and industrial development.
    — Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of holding back
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  • Candidates spent the weekend crisscrossing their states and pulling in surrogates to make a final push for voters still on the fence.
    — Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The film even spawned a three-film franchise, with the entire trilogy eventually pulling in over one billion dollars in box office bucks.
    — Emily Maskell, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of pulling in
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“Bottling (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bottling%20%28up%29. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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