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He kept his feelings bottled ___ and didn't tell us how disappointed he was.

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Old 22-Apr-2008, 21:56
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Ron always keeps his feelings bottled up. He holds his feelings inside.
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Old 22-Aug-2009, 11:19
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the answer is bottle up ????? I don't understand any of it....
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Old 24-Aug-2009, 20:42
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The phrase is bottled up, meaning as if in a bottle, in other words, contained. If a person keeps his feelings bottled up he doesn't express them.

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Definitely bottle up
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no, u r all wrong it is bottle up.
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Nice phrasal verb!
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