DAM UP


Meaning of DAM UP in English

dam 2 BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle dammed , present participle damming ) [transitive] ( also dam up )

1 . to stop the water in a river or stream from flowing by building a special wall across it

2 . to stop something from being expressed or continuing:

Once she allowed her anger to show, it could not be dammed up again.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.