put the cork in the bottle
121restraint — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act of holding back Nouns 1. restraint, inhibition, repression, discipline, control, check, curb, rein; limitation, restriction; prohibition; monopoly. See circumscription, limit, subjection, retention,… …
122stopper — stop|per [ˈstɔpə US ˈsta:pər] n ↑bottle, ↑stopper the thing that you put in the top part of a bottle to close it →↑cork >stopper v [T] ▪ a small, stoppered jar …
123asphyxiate — Synonyms and related words: OD, be killed, bottle up, burke, censor, choke, choke off, clamp down on, cork, cork up, crack down on, crush, damp down, drown, extinguish, famish, gag, garrote, hold down, jump on, keep down, keep under, kill, muzzle …
124drown — Synonyms and related words: OD, asphyxiate, baptize, be clobbered, be felled, be killed, be poleaxed, be staggered, be stricken, bottle up, burke, bury, censor, choke, choke off, clamp down on, come to grief, cork, cork up, crack down on, crush,… …
125repress — Synonyms and related words: arrest, asphyxiate, ban, bar, bate, beat down, black out, blunt, bottle up, break, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, castrate, censor, check, choke off, clamp down on, coerce, collect, compel, constrain, contain, control,… …
126retain — Synonyms and related words: absorb, balance, ballast, bear in mind, bespeak, book, bottle up, brief, brood over, cherish, cite, commission, conserve, contain, cork up, counterbalance, detain, dwell on, dwell upon, employ, engage, enjoy, extend,… …
127sit on — Synonyms and related words: abut on, adopt, appropriate, arrogate, asphyxiate, assume, bawl out, be based on, bear on, bestraddle, bestride, black out, bottle up, censor, chew, chew ass, chew out, choke off, clamp down on, colonize, conquer, cork …
128maintain — Synonyms and related words: abide, accommodate, account as, advocate, affirm, afford, afford support, allege, allege in support, announce, annunciate, answer, argue, argue for, assert, assever, asseverate, assume, aver, avouch, avow, back, back… …
