Emotions & feelings
get choked up
become too emotional to speak
To become so emotional that it is difficult to speak normally.
Hear it in real life
Were you able to give your speech?
Barely - I got choked up halfway through it.
I get choked up whenever I hear that song from my childhood.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I got choking up when she thanked me.
Say: I got choked up when she thanked me.
Use choked up after get; choking up is not the usual form of this phrase.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
get choked up; got choked up; be choked up
Your turn: say it out loud
I get choked up whenever I hear that song from my childhood.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
get choked up
become too emotional to speak
“I get choked up whenever I hear that song from my childhood.”
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