(all) choked up
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: close to crying and/or having difficulty talking due to strong emotion
She got all choked up when she saw her daughter in her wedding dress.
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This includes many of the actors, who, at the Cannes press conference on Friday, admitted to often having no idea what this movie is about, though many of them got choked up while talking about that.
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Rachel Handler, Vulture, 17 May 2024
Emotions ran high as some students and teachers got choked up speaking to council members about the impact the cuts will have on them.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 8 May 2024
Upper West Sider Jacqueline Emery was visibly choked up about Flaco’s death.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2024
When sharing the news on CBS, the golf icon got choked up.
—Nasha Smith, Peoplemag, 11 June 2024
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Rachel Handler, Vulture, 17 May 2024
Emotions ran high as some students and teachers got choked up speaking to council members about the impact the cuts will have on them.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 8 May 2024
Upper West Sider Jacqueline Emery was visibly choked up about Flaco’s death.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2024
When sharing the news on CBS, the golf icon got choked up.
—Nasha Smith, Peoplemag, 11 June 2024
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“(all) choked up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%28all%29%20choked%20up. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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