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STIFF UPPER LIP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Self-restraint in the expression of emotion (especially fear or grief)
Example:
the British like to keep a stiff upper lip
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("stiff upper lip" is a kind of...):
self-restraint; temperateness (exhibiting restraint imposed on the self)
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