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stiff upper lip

DEFINITIONS OF: stiff upper lip

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n self-restraint in the expression of emotion (especially fear or grief)

“the British like to keep a stiff upper lip”
Type of:
self-restraint, temperateness
exhibiting restraint imposed on the self
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