blink tears back

blink one's tears back

Fig. to try to keep from crying. She blinked back her tears and went on. He blinked his tears back and endured the pain.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Meine	MIE-nə (Dutch, German)	Frisian, Dutch, German
Durga	DOOR-ga (Hinduism)	Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil
NadİR	-	Turkish
Nace	-	Slovene
Adetokunbo	-	Western African, Yoruba
MartÍ	-	Catalan