bottle (up)

verb

Definition of bottle (up)next
as in to hold back

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bottle (up)
  1. hold back
  2. measure
  3. curb
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  • Interest rates might edge down a bit more in the coming weeks, but many consumers and business owners could hold back borrowing if postelection tension and uncertainty revs up.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
  • At the same time as zero-Covid was holding back China’s economy, Beijing in 2020-2021 decided that the country needed to shift away from real estate development as an engine of growth and toward higher-technology pursuits.
    Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of hold back
Verb
  • In some studies, adolescents wear sensors to measure exercise intensity and volume, as well as common symptoms of concussion, like sleep and balance problems.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
  • Researchers trained rats to jog on a treadmill To scientifically measure that observation, researchers captured two dozen vampire bats from Belize and trained them to use a small treadmill typically used to measure the metabolic rates of rats.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of measure
Verb
  • In San Benito County, voters embraced a slow-growth measure aimed at curbing Silicon Valley sprawl.
    Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • However, Republicans have long expressed an interest in curbing access to the ACA.
    Li Zhou, Vox, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of curb
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“Bottle (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bottle%20%28up%29. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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