How to pronounce “choke up”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• (intransitive) To (temporarily) lose one's power of speech, because of strong emotion.
• (transitive) To cause (a person) temporarily to lose the power of speech, because of strong emotion.
• (intransitive, often imperative) To cease talking.
• (transitive, sometimes figurative) To block up; to cause something to be blocked.
• (baseball, intransitive) To hold the bat higher (farther from the knob) than is normal.

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