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Noun: stiff upper lip
  1. Self-restraint in the expression of emotion (especially fear or grief)
    "the British like to keep a stiff upper lip"

Derived forms: stiff upper lips

Type of: self-restraint, temperateness

Encyclopedia: Stiff upper lip

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