bottle up
verb- To put into bottles.
- To prevent (enemy vessels) from leaving an anchorage.
- To keep suppressed and hidden. · Emotions are often bottled up rather than dealt with, which can lead to stress in later life.
- To comprehensively defeat.
- To prevent (an opponent) from achieving any effective action.
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