blink tears back
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To try to stop oneself from crying. I often have to blink tears back when I listen to a sappy love song on the radio. The poor student was so nervous on stage that she was clearly blinking tears back.
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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.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.