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choke up
phrasal verb with chokeverbuk /tʃəʊk/ us /tʃoʊk/
to become unable to speak or almost begin to cry because of sadness or strong emotion:
When I watch the tape of his Olympic victory I still choke up.
He admits he choked up a little at the end.
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to cry
cryShe skinned her knee and began to cry.
weepMy lady, why do you weep?
cry your eyes outOur children cried their eyes out when our dog ran way.
sob your heart outShe waved goodbye to her parents, then went to the gate and sobbed her heart out.
cry bucketsEvery time I watch that film, I just cry buckets at the ending.
bawlI bawled when I found out I didn't win the prize.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Feeling sad and unhappy
a long faceidiom
abjection
angsty
be cut upidiom
be down in the mouthidiom
be in a funkidiom
displeased
dissatisfied
distraught
distressed
dog
lonely
lonesome
lovelorn
lovesick
wistful
wistfully
woe
woe is meidiom
woebegone
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