cork sth up
informal— phrasal verb with cork uk/kɔːk/us/kɔːrk/verb [ T ]
to not allow yourself to express your anger, worry, or sadness
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Controlling emotions
- bottle
- bottle sth up
- brave
- breaking point
- choke
- choke sth back
- collected
- compose
- cork
- frustrated
- give voice to sth idiom
- gulp sth back
- harden
- harden your heart idiom
- repress
- repressed
- self-possession
- steadily
- swallow
- temper
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