"bottle it" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: bottles it [present, singular, third-person], bottling it [participle, present], bottled it [participle, past], bottled it [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bottle it (third-person singular simple present bottles it, present participle bottling it, simple past and past participle bottled it)
  1. (UK, informal) To suppress an action or expression, especially when due to lack of courage. Tags: UK, informal
    Sense id: en-bottle_it-en-verb-~qn9BqCh Categories (other): British English
  2. (UK, informal) To lose one's nerve. Tags: UK, informal
    Sense id: en-bottle_it-en-verb-ZgOvyeng Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with placeholder "it" Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 74 11 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 19 56 25
  3. (UK, informal) To run away, especially when due to lack of courage. Tags: UK, informal
    Sense id: en-bottle_it-en-verb-PBY5HWXS Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bottle out

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