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Lump Throat Tight Feeling Strong Emotion Sadness Gratitude

Phrase/Idiom lump in your throat
Definition If you have a lump in your throat, you have a tight feeling in your throat because of a strong emotion such as sadness or gratitude.
Example The graduation speech was so touching that we had a lump in our throats.

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