make a person become overemotional and speechless
to make a person begin to cry
the state of being so emotional that a person is not able to say anything further
a state where a person cannot do anything but cry because of feelings of fear or sadness
the phrase is also used for machinery and automobiles when they do not start due to mechanical failures or engine shut down
clog up
He chokes up every time someone brings up the topic of their sudden movement to a new country. Perhaps there is a story behind it that we do not know about.
His new car chokes up every time the weather gets cold.
To choke up on stage is a common phenomenon that every student in this academy gets over very easily.
The student choked up during the examination when he could not answer any of the questions that the examiner asked him.
She is so emotional that she chokes up every time someone dies in a movie.
The fact that a death in the family makes us choke up only shows that we are humans, bounded by mortality.
All the relatives choked up at the funeral procession that was awfully emotional moment for everyone there.
There is no origin for this idiom
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definition
Common phrase that has a specific meaning.