Usually means: Suppress or restrain emotional expression.
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  1. hold in: Merriam-Webster
  2. hold in: Collins English Dictionary
  3. hold in: Vocabulary.com
  4. hold in: Wiktionary
  5. hold in: Dictionary.com
  6. hold in: Rhymezone
  7. Hold In: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  8. hold in: FreeDictionary.org
  9. hold in: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. hold in: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. hold in: Legal dictionary

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  1. hold in: Encyclopedia

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  1. hold in: Idioms

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  1. hold in: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (hold in)

verb:  (transitive) To keep something to oneself; to prevent from escaping.
verb:  (intransitive, dated) To restrain oneself.

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