Emotions & feelings
light up
make someone feel excited
To light someone up is to make them feel happy, excited, or inspired.
Hear it in real life
Why does he volunteer every weekend?
Helping older people just lights him up.
Talking about her children really lights her up.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: It lights up him.
Say: It lights him up.
With this meaning, put the person between "light" and "up."
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
something lights someone up; it lit someone up
Compare it
Where this one sits next to the phrases it gets mixed up with.
Your turn: say it out loud
Talking about her children really lights her up.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
light up
make someone feel excited
“Talking about her children really lights her up.”
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