choke up
Speech parts
1. choke up - Verb
2. choke up - Phrase
Meaning
obstruct
Source: WordNetSynonyms
Show all synonymsAntonyms
Show all antonymsHypernyms
Examples
My nose is all stuffed
Her arteries are blocked
But in the meantime, if I tell you that on that night, looking out into the audience, I couldn't help but choke up, you'll know how I felt.
It’s believed the move is a way to shift news content from clogging up your Facebook feed and instead have it choke up Facebook’s video platform.
THIS makes me choke up!