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'WELL UP' Phrasal Verb

Definition of Well up phrasal verb

Well up

  1. Feel tears starting
    (Intransitive | International English)
    » Example: I felt tears WELLING UP when I heard the news.
  2. Feel an emotion strongly
    (Intransitive | International English)
    » Example: Anger WELLED UP inside us when we saw what they had done.
  3. Experience an emotion or feeling, start to cry
    (Intransitive | International English)
    » Example: Tears WELLED UP when I heard they had died.

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