bottle up
Third Person
bottles up
Present Participle
bottling up
Past Tense
bottled up
Past Participle
bottled up
1
to suppress emotions, desires, or impulses instead of expressing them
- They are really good at bottling up their true feelings in public.
- Don't bottle up your happiness; celebrate your achievements.
- He's been bottling up his stress at work for too long.
- He tends to bottle up his anger until it becomes overwhelming.
- She bottled her frustration up to maintain professionalism.