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choke back
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choke coil
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choke off
choke route
choke up
chokeberry
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choke up

choke up


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 

Same as  choke1v (sense 5)

I should have said thank-you, but I choked up completely when I saw everyone there.

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