phrasal verb

Well up

Letter WInseparable

Well up

Feel tears starting

Meanings

  • Feel tears starting (intransitive, International English)
  • Feel an emotion strongly (intransitive, International English)
  • Experience an emotion or feeling, start to cry (intransitive, International English)

Examples

  • I felt tears WELLING UP when I heard the news.
  • Tears WELLED UP when I heard they had died.

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