conquer, inhibit, stamp down, suppress, subdue, curb - to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
Not, at least, until he had to blink away the tears as he sat in the scorer's hut, absorbing the magnitude of his achievement, probably wondering where he found the mental fortitude to triumph on a tumultuous day.
In tackling the bitter subject of nonprofit fraud, Matt Burriesci's Nonprofit is so agonizingly funny that do-gooders of all stripes will grind their teeth as they blink away tears of laughter.
When possessing a threepronged attack of potent potential like Hatem Ben Arfa, Papiss Cisse and Demba Ba then even if the supply line is often cut and the opposition dominate possession for spells an opportunity is always only a blink away. So it proved.
The 15-day festivities will go a long way towards normalising the environment and enabling the people of Swat to blink away the images of dead bodies hanging from electric pylons.
Christopher Columbus Park and Joe's Italian place, which does a fabulous chicken feast, are but a blink away, and a tourist trolley bus stops outside the hotel entrance.
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blink away - force to go away by blinking; "blink away tears"