store up
phrasal verbstore something up
- to not deal with problems when you have them, especially when this causes problems later
- By ignoring your feelings you are only storing up trouble for yourself.
- They have stored up big problems for the future.
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- to not express strong feelings, especially negative feelings, so that they get even stronger and cause problems later
- She had stored up all her anger and eventually snapped.