stiff upper lip
see keep a stiff upper lip.
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Words nearby stiff upper lip
stiction, stiegel, stieglitz, stiff, stiff as a board, stiff upper lip, stiff-arm, stiff-man syndrome, stiff-necked, stiffen, stiffener
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Example sentences from the Web for stiff upper lip
All in all, Bates strikes me as a good upstanding Englishman—the epitome of stiff-upper-lip resolve and restraint.
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