bottle up

VERB

hold in check

Synonyms

STRONGEST

repress suppress

WEAK

box up bring to naught check collar contain coop up cork corner cover up cramp curb enclose entrap hold back hold down hold in keep back keep feeling inside oneself keep secret restrain restrict shut in trap

Antonyms

STRONGEST

let go

WEAK

confide reveal tell

Example Sentences

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He could throw down a dunk, hit a 3-pointer, snare a crucial rebound and bottle up the other team’s best scorer, all in the same game.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

So the establishment decided to bottle up the flavours of its "fermentation lab" and "test kitchen".

From Barron's • Nov. 2, 2025

With suicide the biggest killer of men under 50 in the UK, a new film explores why many men still bottle up their emotions, and asks whether such ingrained, systemic behaviour can be changed.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2024

It would create a sweeping system intended to bottle up illegal immigration.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2024

They had bottoms so you could open the bottle up and take the ship out whenever you felt like it.

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel

bottle up

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