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stiff upper lip

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All in all, Bates strikes me as a good upstanding Englishman—the epitome of stiff-upper-lip resolve and restraint.

If his goal was to lose his stiff upper lip, he has done some of that.

He countered with a classic British defense: the stiff upper lip.

Bekase yere good stuff, an kept a stiff upper lip an stayed wid the game when others would have give it up, beaten.

"Keep a stiff upper lip, Ted," was his greeting, as he unpacked a breakfast of sorts from various pockets.

Epigrammatic remark—Though somewhat down in the mouth he kept a stiff upper lip.

The only thing to do is to keep a stiff upper lip and wait till the clouds roll by.

I knew his trip was important, so I kept a stiff upper lip and said of course I wouldn't mind.

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On this page you'll find 94 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to stiff upper lip, such as: assured, complacent, composed, cool, cool as cucumber, and disimpassioned.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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