Antonyms for bottle up
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : bot-l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɒt l |
Definition of bottle up
Origin :- mid-14c., originally of leather, from Old French boteille (12c., Modern French bouteille), from Vulgar Latin butticula, diminutive of Late Latin buttis "a cask," which is perhaps from Greek. The bottle, figurative for "liquor," is from 17c.
- verb hold in check
- Bottle up your metaphors and give us a page of business-like fluency!
- Extract from : « Jack of Both Sides » by Florence Coombe
- Every exit had been cut off to bottle up the Imperial cortege.
- Extract from : « Despoilers of the Golden Empire » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- However, Stansfield has to bottle up his feelings, and, behold!
- Extract from : « The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's » by Talbot Baines Reed
- How many are there who bottle up their wrath all the day long, and uncork it when they get home!
- Extract from : « Humanity in the City » by E. H. Chapin
- The specialist was out, and he had to bottle up his rage until the morning.
- Extract from : « The Angel and the Author - and Others » by Jerome K. Jerome
- "You bottle up when it comes to that," said Sally philosophically.
- Extract from : « Somehow Good » by William de Morgan
- He held the bottle up and squinted through it, sighing gustily.
- Extract from : « Deadly City » by Paul W. Fairman
- I could see myself in a new suit, having a bottle up at the Haymarket.
- Extract from : « McAllister and His Double » by Arthur Train
- Give some to the boys outside, then bring the bottle up to us.
- Extract from : « Cudjo's Cave » by J. T. Trowbridge
- But the year has been a sobering one, and what used to flash, they bottle up.
- Extract from : « Kenny » by Leona Dalrymple
Synonyms for bottle up
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