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View synonyms for choke up
choke up
verb
- to block (a drain, pipe, etc) completely
- informal.usually passive to overcome (a person) with emotion, esp without due cause
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Example Sentences
“Thinking about that makes me emotional,” he says and begins to choke up.
From The Daily Beast
Adrien Brody Do choke up, ideally while thanking your mother.
From The Daily Beast
Coffee Jack, shovel in hand, kept the larger stones moving when they threatened to choke up the boxes.
From Project Gutenberg
And shall we give a little running water, and turn aside or choke up the streams of knowledge?
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At other times, they would choke up, ceasing to breathe until they were black in the face, and we thought they would surely die.
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They choke up after a while, and fresh ones appear in another part of the area, thus keeping the whole clear of plants.
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When a rock is cleft, the fragments half choke up the waters that gush through them.
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