choke up
verb- To (temporarily) lose one's power of speech, because of strong emotion. · Hearing that song always makes me choke up.
- To cause (a person) temporarily to lose the power of speech, because of strong emotion. · It chokes me up to think about how he died.
- To cease talking.
- To block up; to cause something to be blocked.
- To hold the bat higher (farther from the knob) than is normal.
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The two oarsmen bent to their work, and the little boat glided away as rapidly as possible in the midst of the thousand vessels which choke up the narrow way which leads between the two rows of ships from the mouth of the harbor to the Quai d’Orléans.
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