kept in
Not let out
Kept in describes being made to stay inside, often as a form of restriction or punishment.
A student kept in after school must remain while others leave: The teacher kept us in during recess.
The phrase also applies to containing or suppressing something: She kept in her frustration until she got home.
- confinedKept within bounds
- restrictedLimited in scope
- suppressedForcibly held down
- withheldKept from giving
- enclosedSurrounded and sealed within
internalized · buttoned up · imprisoned · under lock and key · locked · pent-up · constrained · trapped · guarded · under wraps · sealed · bottled up · limited · curtailed · stifled · controlled · detained · muted
- stuckjammed, clogged, trapped, bottlenecked, obstructed