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choke up

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choke up
1. choke up • choke sb up to have difficulty speaking because you are almost crying, or to make someone do this:
▪ When she was thanking her family for all the help over the years, she started to choke up.
▪ Louis Armstrong's song 'Wonderful World' chokes me up every time I hear it.
choked up adj when you have difficulty speaking because you are almost crying:
▪ Bill wanted to thank the woman, but he was too choked up to speak.
2. choke up sth • choke sth up to block a street or area etc so that people or traffic cannot easily move through it:
▪ Commuter traffic chokes up the freeways during rush hour.

Choke Difficulty Speaking Choked Sth Traffic Sb Crying