From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishchoke up phrasal verb1 choke something ↔ up to fill a place so that things cannot move through itbe choked up with something The stream was choked up with weeds.2 UPSET choke somebody up to make someone feel very upset and unable to talk This song really chokes me up. I was really choked up when I saw her again. → choke→ See Verb table
