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
Vilhelmiina	VEEL-hel-mee:-nah	Finnish
Grete	GRE-tə (German)	German, Danish, Norwegian
Bathsheba	bath-SHEE-bə (English)	Biblical
ÉMeline	-	French
Roxane	rok-SAHN (French), rahk-SAN (English)	French, English, Ancient Greek
Harrell	['hærəl]