bottle it (English, verb)
expansion: bottle it (third-person singular simple present bottles it, present participle bottling it, simple past and past participle bottled it)
expansion: (UK, informal, Cockney rhyming slang)
Senses:
glosses: To suppress an action or expression, especially when due to lack of courage.
tags: Cockney
UK
informal
slang
glosses: To lose one's nerve.
tags: Cockney
UK
informal
slang
glosses: To run away, especially when due to lack of courage.
tags: Cockney
UK
informal
slang
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To fail in an embarrassing way in a crucial situation, especially due to nerves.
tags: Cockney
UK
especially
informal
slang
Forms:
form: bottles it
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: bottling it
tags: participle
present
form: bottled it
tags: participle
past
form: bottled it
tags: past