| Front | bottle up |
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| Back | bottle up 1. bottle up sth • bottle sth up to keep a strong feeling such as anger, worry or unhappiness hidden and not talk about it or show it: ▪ Writing the book was a way of expressing all the anger I'd been bottling up for years. ▪ There's obviously something wrong but he bottles it up and I can't help him. keep sth bottled up (inside) ▪ Tell me what's bothering you. Don't keep it bottled up inside. 2. bottle up • bottle sth up • bottle up sth AmE to be unable to move forwards or make progress, or make it difficult or impossible for something to do this: ▪ The bill has been bottled up in the Senate since September. |
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