If you ~ an emotion or desire, you manage, with an effort, not to experience it.
Nancy forced back tears. She wasn’t going to cry in front of all those people.
= fight back
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P
If you ~ an emotion or desire, you manage, with an effort, not to experience it.
Nancy forced back tears. She wasn’t going to cry in front of all those people.
= fight back
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012