gulp back (one's) tears
gulp back (one's) tears
To try to stop oneself from crying. I didn't want to have to tell my parents what was going on, so I tried to gulp back my tears.
See also: back, gulp, tear
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- come back and see us
- choke back
- back
- back at (something or some place)
- be/go back to square one
- a while back
- beat back
- back door
- back to square one
- be back on the rails