(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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Travis also got choked up over the loss during his first New Heights episode back after the game.
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Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 26 Feb. 2025
Kotb was replaced by longtime co-host Craig Melvin, who also choked up on his first day as co-anchor while being welcomed by his Today co-stars as well as family and friends.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
But the Rams veteran tight end got choked up this weekend after his wife put together a montage of video clips showing the ninth-year pro enduring through his comeback from injuries.
—Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Underwood, for her part, got visibly choked up when talking to a contestant, presumably about his audition.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
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Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 26 Feb. 2025
Kotb was replaced by longtime co-host Craig Melvin, who also choked up on his first day as co-anchor while being welcomed by his Today co-stars as well as family and friends.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
But the Rams veteran tight end got choked up this weekend after his wife put together a montage of video clips showing the ninth-year pro enduring through his comeback from injuries.
—Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Underwood, for her part, got visibly choked up when talking to a contestant, presumably about his audition.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
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“(all) choked up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%28all%29%20choked%20up. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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