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
FrÉDÉRique	fre-de-REEK	French
Leticia	le-TEE-thyah (Spanish), le-TEE-syah (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Kaarle	KAH:R-le	Finnish
BÉLa	BAY-law	Hungarian
Alfhild	-	Norwegian, Swedish
Hossam	-	Arabic