bottle it
To run away, especially when due to lack of courage.
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#3·Apr 27, 2026UK
To suppress an action or expression, especially when due to lack of courage.
Origin: From Cockney rhyming slang bottle and glass, originally meaning arse. ''lose one's nerve was vulgarly lose one's arse, euphemised to lose one's bottle, clipped to bottle'' and subsequently given a dummy pronoun. See bottle. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK
To run away, especially when due to lack of courage.
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“No, Bad! The doll must vent, you can’t bottle it up as it’s unhealthy 💜🫂💜🫂”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK
To lose one's nerve.
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