gulp sth back
— phrasal verb with gulp uk/ɡʌlp/us/ɡʌlp/verb
to try not to show that you are upset, usually by swallowing hard:
She gulped back the tears.
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Controlling emotions
- bottle
- bottle sth up
- brave
- breaking point
- choke
- choke sth back
- collected
- compose
- cork
- emotional blackmail idiom
- frustrated
- give voice to sth idiom
- harden
- harden your heart idiom
- repress
- repressed
- self-possession
- steadily
- swallow
- temper
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