to not allow your feelings to show
to stop something from moving outwards
'Oh yeah, the Christmas ball they always hold in the middle of November?
Chang was riding Ebony, a big black colt full of life and spirit, which he had to hold in tightly.
I was trying desperately to hold my tummy in.
It can be bad for you to hold in anger.
She allowed a thought to germinate and take hold in her mind.
There were no clouds or moisture in the air to hold in the heat.
holds in
holding in
held in
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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